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WSDOT hoping to open North Cascades Highway in about 2 weeks

Published 11:12 am Tuesday, April 28, 2020

By Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)

WSDOT hoping to open North Cascades Highway in about 2 weeks
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WSDOT hoping to open North Cascades Highway in about 2 weeks
Mazama the Avalanche Rescue Goat poses near the Washington Pass sign along Highway 20, where more than 8 feet of snow was measured just off the road on March 10. (Washington State Department of Transportation)

By Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald

Seasonal snow clearing of the North Cascades Highway linking eastern and western Washington will be complete in about two weeks, the Washington state Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

Clearing began without fanfare on April 13, WSDOT said in a statement.

Because the North Cascades Highway — officially Highway 20 — is a main east-west transportation route, clearing of snow was deemed essential even as much road work stopped during a statewide stay-home order to limit spread of the new coronavirus.

“We determined it best to cancel the usual media fanfare around this work as to not to appear to invite nonessential travel,” WSDOT officials said in the statement.

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