NOTICE: Closures on Highway SR14 - Mar 1st to Sept 2nd

[duc_fan]

We got notice at work that SR 14 will be closed regularly throughout the summer for rockfall mitigation (blasting and scaling).

If you were planning a ride out the Gorge on SR14, do it before June 15th.  NOTE: This does NOT affect Cougar Run rides, as the turnoff for Carson and the Wind River Hwy is a few miles before Dog Mountain.

March 1st -- June 14th, SR 14 will be closed between Dog Mountain (Milepost 54) and White Salmon from 4pm-6pm on weekdays. (They're doing blasting on some of the cliff faces)

June 15th -- Sept 2nd, SR 14 will be closed along the same stretch starting at 7am, with 2-hour closures and 1-hour openings until 6pm, 7 days a week. (This is when they'll be doing scaling... where some poor dude gets to go up the cliff face in a lift, or hang down on a harness, and knock loose any rocks that look like a risk)

Map:


Google Maps:
http://tinyurl.com/SR14-rockfall-mitigation

More info...

Project overview PDF:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D6C73359-66AD-41DF-A55E-F3CC35D13D67/0/SR14RockfallHappens_Sep09_optimized.pdf

Another project PDF:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D9D61F9-8DFE-4151-B1AF-1A98FA88C5BE/0/SR14Rockfall_ClosureSchedule_Optimized.pdf

Project website:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR14/RockfallMitigationWhiteSalmon/default.htm

Ride safe!

[duc_fan]

Oh, just saw some other SR 14 project notices, and these will affect Cougar Run rides, though these are not closures.

Road construction on SR14 in the Camas/Washougal area:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr14/camaswashougal/

Construction at Cape Horn:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr14/capehornsafety/

[krolik]

You can still blast out on 84 and cross at the Bridge of the Gods, that's a couple of miles west of Stevenson.

[duc_fan]

You can still blast out on 84 and cross at the Bridge of the Gods, that's a couple of miles west of Stevenson.

Yeppers.  I just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of these road construction projects so you could avoid them if/when riding out the Gorge this spring and summer.    Happy motoring!  [moto]