Hwy 169
Reconstruction project
Location
- Hwy 169 from County Road 26 to the Pike River Bridge
Schedule
- Sept. 4, 2012 to August 17, 2013
Cost
- $3,588,000
Traffic impacts
- Work is ongoing on various portions of the project.
- Motorists can expect short, intermittent full-closures (not longer than 15 minutes) and intermittent flagging operations in areas where traffic is restricted to one-lane.
- Traffic detour will be in place beginning July 8, 2013.
What will be done
- Total reconstruction of 1.5 miles of Hwy 169
- The southernmost 800-feet of the project is completed.
Project layout
Improvements include
- Eight-foot-wide shoulders
- Turning lanes
- Flattened hills
- Straighter curves
- Improved ditching and drainage
Benefits
- Flattening hills and straightening curves on Hwy 169 improves passing safety.
- Wider shoulders provide motorists with safer pull-off areas and may help reduce the chance of run-off-the-road crashes.
- Flatter slopes along the edges of Hwy 169 will help reduce the severity of run-off-the-road crashes.