When the North Cascades Highway opened in September 1972, it lasted just two months before snow closed the 37-mile stretch through Washington’s North Cascades mountain range. The two-month window was a fitting omen of what was to come for the roadway.
A realigned, 2.5-mile segment of Highway 101 north of San Francisco opened this month, a major step in widening 16 miles of the heavily traveled Marin-Sonoma Narrows.
The approval of a project called Embark Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, Va. will result in a major makeover of the U.S. Route 1 corridor near Mt. Vernon.
The Linn Cove Viaduct, one of the most iconic structures of the Blue Ridge Parkway, is set to undergo its first major repaving and maintenance work in more than 30 years.
State crews continue to pump out hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and tons of mud and debris that formed a deep pool on U.S. Highway 101 after this month’s deadly mudslide.
