Full Notification

WSDOT WILL BE CLOSING STATE ROUTE 20, AT THE LOST CREEK BRIDGE, 5 MILES SOUTH OF TIGER, STARTING MONDAY OCT 7 AT ROUGHLY 9 AM - FRIDAY OCT 11, 2024
 
Those who travel between Usk and Tiger will need to use the East 5th Street bridge in Usk across the Pend Oreille River, turn left and head north onto Le Clerc Road South all the way to Ione onto Sullivan Lake Road back onto State Route 20. This adds an additional 10 minutes or so to travel time between Usk and Tiger. (See attached detour graphic).
 
This week our bridge team began repairs to the abutment of the bridge and had implemented a single lane closure with alternating traffic. That traffic control is currently in place. However, as they began repairs, they uncovered further issues that need to be addressed with the bridge.

Starting Monday, after the closure is in place, our maintenance crews will be removing the asphalt approaches to the bridge, removing the soil underneath that has been eroding and replacing it with crushed rock to better compact and reduce erosion leading up to the bridge structure. At the same time our crews will start replacing the timber abutment beams, which are significantly deteriorated, to once again strengthen the structure at each end.
 
The road will close potentially through Friday, Oct. 11. However, our goal is to be reopened sometime on Wednesday, Oct. 9, once repairs are complete.