Starting the week of Aug. 25, the
King County Road Services Division
will begin two projects that will affect traffic in areas west of
Carnation.
A culvert replacement project on West Snoqualmie Valley Road Northeast will
close that roadway between Ames Lake-Carnation Road and Northeast 80th
Street for four weeks. The road is expected to reopen on Monday, Sept. 22.
And, the Tolt Bridge will be closed for two days – Monday, Aug. 25 and
Tuesday, Aug. 26 – during daytime hours only for an under-bridge inspection.
On West Snoqualmie Valley Road, crews will be replacing a damaged culvert
conveying Ames Creek under the roadway. As part of the division’s Fish and
Habitat Restoration Program, the existing five-foot diameter metal pipe will be
replaced with a 12-foot wide by eight-foot deep concrete box culvert. The new
culvert will provide improved passage for adult and juvenile fish in the
system.
Deep excavation for the project will require West Snoqualmie Valley Road to
be closed to traffic for four weeks. Once the exact start of the closure is
known, information will be posted on the
King County
Alert! webpage. During the closure, traffic will be re-routed via
Ames Lake-Carnation Road and Northeast 80th Street.
Next week’s inspection is a routine, federally mandated, safety inspection
of the existing Tolt Bridge. The county plans to
replace and realign
the 81-year-old Tolt Bridge. According to the current schedule, construction
would begin in 2004.
The posted detour will be via State Route 202 to Fall City and then to
Carnation on State Route 203; but several other local routes are also
available.
