MONTANA ROAD CONSTRUCTION REPORT

NEW/UPDATED ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND RESTRICTIONS:

US 2, MM 120.2 TO 120.8 (WEST IDAHO STREET – DOWNTOWN KALISPELL) NEXT FRIDAY, APRIL 20^TH, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO ONE LANE.  LATE SUNDAY, APRIL 22^ND, THE TRAVEL LANES WILL BE MOVED TO THE SOUTH HALF OF THE ROAD.  BOTH EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND WILL HAVE A 12’ WIDTH RESTRICTION PORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE IN PLACE AT MERIDIAN AND 5^TH AVENUE WEST.  LEFT TURNS WILL BE PROHIBITED IN THE WORK ZONE AND THIS WILL BE ENFORCED BY KALISPELL POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THIS TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL APPROXIMATELY MID-MAY.  MILLING OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN ON THE NORTH HALF OF THE ROADWAY ON MONDAY, APRIL 23^RD. TRAVELERS SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES.

WIDTH RESTRICTIONS LIFTED/COMPLETED:

ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND RESTRICTIONS:

BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012, EAST OF SUPERIOR TO NINEMILE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON I-90 BETWEEN MILE POST 52 AND MILE POST 81.  EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ WIDE WILL BE RESTRICTED.  EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ WIDE WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AREAS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ IN WIDTH ARE REQUIRED TO STAGE IN THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 92.  LOADS THAT HAVE STAGED AT MILE POST 92, WILL LEAVE THE STAGING AREA AT 4 A.M. AND WILL PROCEED TO THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 63.  AT 5 A.M., PILOT CARS WILL ESCORT THE OVERSIZE LOADS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TO MILE POST 52.  ANY OVERSIZE LOAD MISSING THE 5 A.M. PILOTING WILL BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OPENING TO BE ESCORTED THROUGH THE PROJECT.

EASTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ IN WIDTH ARE REQUIRED TO STAGE IN THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 52.  AT 6 A.M., PILOT CARS WILL ESCORT THE OVERSIZE LOADS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TO MILE POST 63.  ANY OVERSIZE LOAD MISSING THE 6 A.M. PILOTING WILL BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OPENING TO BE ESCORTED THROUGH THE PROJECT.

I-15 SOUTH OF DIVIDE AT MP 93.9 NORTH TO MP 102.9 NORTH OF DIVIDEWEATHER PERMITTING PROJECT WILL RESUME ON 4/11 OR 4/16 GUARDRAIL MILLING PAVING 16’ LANE WIDTH REDUCED SPEED 55 SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC.

I-15, HELENA – CUSTER INTERCHANGE, MP 193.2 TO 194.4. (CARLSON)  BRIDGE

WORK. NHI ROUTE I-15 BEGINNING AT RP 193.2 AND EXTENDING TO RP 194.4. THIS

PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES WORK ON CUSTER AVE (STATE URBAN ROUTE 5802)

BEGINNING AT RP 1.4 AND EXTENDING TO RP 3.0. CUSTER AVENUE TRAFFIC IS

SHIFTED TO THE NEW CANAL STRUCTURE. CROSSOVERS ARE ACTIVE ON I-15.

EXPECT A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 14 FEET, A REDUCED SPEED OF 35 MPH

AND INTERSECTION WORK. OVERSIZED LOADS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON

I-15 BY CALLING STEVE (406-207-0855) 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND JERRY (406-207

0858) OVERNIGHT TO COORDINATE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE PROJECT. CUSTER

AVENUE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE OVERSIZED LOADS, ESPECIALLY ON

THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE. THE PROJECT IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE CLOSING THE CUSTER BRIDGE MIDNIGHT

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH. THE CONTRACTOR WILL IMMEDIATELY CLOSE

CUSTER AVENUE FROM SANDERS TO WASHINGTON. THEY WILL THEN BEGIN

REMOVING THE BRIDGE AT 4AM SUNDAY MORNING. THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE

THE ENTIRE BRIDGE REMOVED (DECK, PILLARS AND ABUTMENTS) BY 8PM

SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH THIS ACCELERATED SCHEDULE, PHASE TWO OF THE

PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETE WELL BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. 

US-12, BEGINNING AT FORSYTH RUNNING 12 MILES NORTHWEST, RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS, EXPECT 10 MINUTE DELAYS, A DETOUR, LOOSE GRAVEL, AND REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, 11 FOOT WIDTH RESTRICTION EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE BY MARCH 28^TH. (

US-2:  MILE MARKER 626.1 TO 632.9 BROCKTON-EAST.  MISCELLANEOUS WORK IN  PROGRESS.  THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 12 FEET.  EXPECT LOOSE GRAVEL, REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, GRAVEL SURFACE, ROUGH ROADWAY SURFACE.

US 287/NH ROUTE 8 NORTHWEST OF THREE FORKS FROM MP 107.3 TO 108.9.  RECONSRTUCTION WIDTH RESTRICTION 11’, BRIDGE, FENCING, SEEDING, AND MEDIAN WORK.  REDUCED SPEED 35MPH, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, SINGLE LANE CLOSURES, WIDE LOADS NORTHBOUND ON US 287 MUST USE THE EAST THREE FORKS INTERCHANGE TO CROSS I-90, WIDE LOADS SOUTHBOUND ON US 287 MUST USE MILLIGAN CANYON INTERCHANGE TO CROSS I-90

P-61 US 191  Slides South of Mobridge  FROM MILE POST 84.0 TO 85.7 – APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER (FRED ROBINSON) BRIDGE.  CONTRACTOR WORK TO INCLUDE: EARTHWORK, SPECIAL BORROWS, JACKING AND BORING PIPE INSTALLATIONS, SURVEYING AND MISCELLANEOUS WORK.  TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT ROUGH ROADWAY, OF GRAVEL SURFACE AND UNEVEN PAVEMENT SPOTS RESULTING FROM THE CONTINUING SLIDE MOVEMENTS THIS FALL.  HEIGHT AND WIDTH RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED, ROAD IS OPEN TO TWO LANE TRAFFIC, AND SIGNAL LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED HOWEVER, THERE WILL STILL BE NO OVERWEIGHT LOADS ALLOWED ON THIS ROADWAY UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE.

C-57 – US 87 - WINDHAM EAST MILE POST 47.2 TO 57.8 FROM 1 MILE WEST OF HOBSON TO 11.5 MILES WEST OF HOBSON. CURRENT WORK INCLUDES SURVEYING, SALVAGING TOPSOIL, BRIDGE WORK, AND MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES.   TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT A 12 FOOT WITH RESTRICTION, DELAYS, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, SINGLE LANE CLOSURES, REDUCED SPEEDS, PILOT CARS, FLAGGERS, AND TRAFFIC CONTROLLED BY SIGNALS LIGHTS.  MOTORCYCLES MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

US-87:  BETWEEN BELT AND RAYNESFORD ( EB AND WB): THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 12 FEET WIDE. THE DETOURES FOR EB AND WB ARE: 1) WB: RAYNESFORD, MT (WB DETOURED) TO GREAT FALLS, MT: U-87, S-427, US-89, US-87. 2) EB: GREAT FALLS, MT (EB DETOURED) TO RAYNESFORD, MT: US-87, US-89, S-427, US-87 (THIS IS A PERMANENT RESTRICTION)

MT-35:  ALL LOADS OVER 9 FEET WIDE TRAVELING BETWEEN POLSON AND BIGFORK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOADS THAT ARE ORIGINATING OR ARE BEING DELIVERED BETWEEN POLSON AND BIGFORKS.

MT-72:  FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF THE WYOMING STATE LINE TO JCT. WITH 310 - CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON NEW ALIGNMENT AND IRRIGATION PIPE. MOTORISTS MAY EXPECT REDUCED SPEED, ROUGH ROADWAY SURFACE, LOOSE GRAVEL AND GRAVEL SURFACE.  WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 14 FT. 

S-205 OLD HIGHWAY 10 MILE MARKER 5.2 TO 11.7 LOGAN TO 1/2 MILE EAST OF MANHATTAN.  OVERLAY WORK IN PROGRESS.  THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 10 FEET.  EXPECT DETOUR, LOOSE  GRAVEL, REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, PILOT CARS, GRAVEL SURFACE, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, GROOVED SURFACE, FLAGGERS.  PROJECT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN APRIL 2, 2012.

S-288 CHURCHHILL ROAD MILE MARKER 0 TO 6.1  AT THE INTERSESTION WITH I-90 TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF I-90.  OVERLAY WORK IN PROGRESS.  THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 10 FEET.  EXPECT FRESH  OIL, LOOSE GRAVEL, REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, PILOT CARS, GRAVEL  SURFACE, ROUGH ROADWAY SURFACE, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, GROOVED SURFACE, INTERSECTION WORK, FLAGGERS.  PROJECT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN APRIL 2, 2012.

HELENA AREA:  THERE IS ALSO AN 11 FOOT WIDTH RESTRICTION FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO YORK ROAD TURNOFF.

DIVIDE, MONTANA – PUMP HOUSE ROAD ON MT 43, RT X47017, THREE MILES WEST OF DIVIDE: THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.  ACCESS STILL AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

ROAD CLOSURES:    MT-19/US-191 NORTH OF GRASS RANGE: IS CLOSED FOR OVERWEIGHT LOADS TILL FURTHER NOTICE.

ROAD CLOSURE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: S-261 IS CLOSED FROM WIBAUX TO SIDNEY