PORT ANGELES — A six-hour closure of U.S. Highway 101 that originally was planned for Tuesday night has been rescheduled.
The new date will be overnight Tuesday, Oct. 10. The closure will be from 10 p.m. Oct. 10 through 4 a.m. Oct. 11 between Lake Crescent Road at milepost 228 and Camp David Jr. Road at milepost 221.
Travelers needing to get around Lake Crescent during the overnight closure can use state Highway 112 as an alternate.
The closure was rescheduled to better coordinate with the delivery of materials, according to Olympic National Park.
The six-hour closure is needed to install the last pieces of the box culvert that will replace the existing Eagle Creek culverts, the park said.
The box culvert will be able to better handle large volumes of water during significant rain events and allow the passage of fish.
During the overnight closure, eastbound traffic will have access to Camp David Jr. Road and westbound traffic will have access to the Barnes Point area at Lake Crescent Road. Eastbound traffic will not have access to the Barnes Point area.
“Emergency vehicles will follow protocols established during communication meetings,” the park said.
During daylight hours, construction work will continue on other portions of the project outside the Eagle Creek area. Travelers on Highway 101 around Lake Crescent can continue to expect half-hour delays Mondays through Fridays during work hours.
The work is part of a three-year project to rehabilitate 12 miles of Highway 101 and 4 miles of East Beach Road at Lake Crescent. The National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration project began July 10.
For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-101delays.
