U.S. Highway 101 open along Hood Canal after slides, fallen trees
Published 12:01 am Sunday, December 23, 2012
BRINNON — A 25-mile stretch of US. Highway 101 that connects Brinnon in southeast Jefferson County to Mason County was reopened last week after being closed for a day by fallen trees and slides.
After a long day’s work of cutting and removing fallen trees, plowing snow and clearing slides, state Department of Transportation maintenance crews reopened the segment of the highway at 7 p.m. Thursday, the department announced.
Transportation officials closed a 41-mile stretch of the highway between Brinnon and state Highway 3 near Shelton in both directions after a snowstorm Wednesday evening and reopened the section between Shelton and Hoodsport earlier Thursday.
Anticipating freezing temperatures around Hood Canal, crews were out at night to apply de-icer compounds and other roadway treatments.
At 4:30 p.m. Thursday, crews also reopened a 7-mile section of state Highway 106 between the Purdy Cutoff Road and Alderbrook in Mason County that also was closed Wednesday night because of hazardous driving conditions.
