Highway crews made short work of two weather-related problems on state Highway 112 late Monday and early Tuesday. They also found a new spot where the road is slumping.
“The storms out there have been particularly hard on the roads this winter,” said Claudia Bingham-Baker, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.
Early Tuesday morning, crews found a large crack forming where part of Highway 112 is sliding at mile marker 2.3 near Neah Bay, Bingham-Baker said.
The road remained open with warning signs Tuesday afternoon, and a “geotech” crew had been alerted to evaluate the slide, she said.
Bingham-Baker said crews are also keeping an eye on several other locations, which also show signs of sliding.
A section of Highway 112 in the Pysht Valley was partly covered by water due to high Pysht River levels and high tides Tuesday morning.
Caution signs were placed, but the road was not closed, Bingham-Baker said.
“It’s the third time this year,” she said.
On Monday night, Highway 112 was closed at about 5:30 p.m. at milepost 3.8 for crews to clear a slide that blocked the road with rocks and trees, using chain saws and a front-end loader.
Westbound lanes reopened at 9:16 a.m., and eastbound lanes reopened at 10 p.m., Bingham-Baker said.
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