Church Creek culvert work under SR 532 going well – Stanwood Camano News

Roadwork seems to be happening everywhere, preventing motorists from easily traveling from Point A to Point B. Work on the Church Creek culvert replacement project under State Route 532 between Interstate 5 and Stanwood is one example.

Washington State Department of Transportation wants residents to know the Strider Construction crews are making great progress on installing the new culvert.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 17, DOT reported half the culvert had been installed the day prior and the other half was expected to be in place by Thursday.

They are working as quickly as they safely can to get SR 532 back open as soon as possible, the DOT spokesperson said in the news release.

The road was closed Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 is the target reopening date.

Detour reminders

While the highway is closed, motorists need to remember which detour to use, depending on their vehicle and which direction they are going.

Trucks, RVs, etc. Use exit 221 and go through Conway. The turn radius and size of the bypass lane on the passenger vehicle detour cannot accommodate large vehicles and drivers doing so risk a ticket.

Westbound passenger vehicles Take the detour at 36th Avenue Northwest to 72nd Avenue Northwest if youre headed toward Camano Island.

Eastbound passenger vehicles Follow the detour signs and take a right on 64th Avenue Northwest, just after the bypass lane to get back on eastbound SR 532.

While the detours take a little longer, following signs and speed limits keeps everyone moving. To follow the construction progress, WSDOT has posted photos in its Church Creek fish passage Flickr album (link at wsdot.wa.gov).

Other roadwork

Another nearby culvert project on northbound Interstate 5 near Conway is very near completion. Interwest Construction crews were working last week to remove the bypass lane from the middle of the highway. This week they plan to begin some stream work to help restore the area under the bridge to its natural state.

SR 534 East from Conway: A sinkhole temporarily closed State Route 534, a busy truck route that connects SR 9 to I-5 in Skagit County. The sinkhole started in late July as a dimple in the road, but WSDOT workers soon learned a leaking culvert under the highway was washing away the roadbed, leaving nothing for the asphalt to sit on. The crew dug up the damaged area, filled it with gravel then added asphalt. The temporary repair created a bump but the road was reopened in five hours. A permanent repair is being planned.

SR 20 East: Contractor crews from Lakeside Industries crews have finished grinding and road repair on the 2 mile stretch of highway between the hospital and Food Pavilion west of Sedro-Woolley. Nighttime paving will happen this week, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Friday morning with periodic road closures.

The highway-resurfacing project between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete is mostly finished.

Suquamish ferry superstructure arrives in Seattle

Another construction milestone has been reached on Washington State Ferry fleets fourth Olympic Class ferry, according to WSDOT.

The Suquamishs 1,110-ton superstructure, which took 18 months to construct at Jesse Engineering in Tacoma, arrived in Seattle early Thursday morning, Aug. 17. The process of joining it to the hull was expected to take about 12 hours on Friday.

The 144-car Suquamish will join the fleet in fall 2018 and operate on the Mukilteo/Clinton route from mid-May until mid-October, when ferry travel is at its peak. The rest of the year, it will serve multiple routes as a maintenance relief boat for both the Super class and other Olympic class.

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