Best Project Highway/Bridge and Excellence In Safety: US 89 Slide Reconstruction
A July 2013 landslide removed approximately a half-mile section of US 89 south of Page, Ariz., forcing the governor to declare an emergency and implement a temporary detour along Navajo Route 20. ADOT awarded the $22.3-million-plus contract in July 2014, and work immediately began on the severe slope in a remote location on a road essential to the economic vitality of Northern Arizona.
“The impact of the road closure was felt by local residents, tourists, businesses, schools, transient commerce and area emergency services,” says Audra E. Merrick, ADOT’s Flagstaff district engineer. “Getting the roadway back open and ensuring the problem wouldn’t happen again was major factor in the project.”