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During the spring of 2005, several large mudslides and rockslides on May 19–20 damaged or destroyed the Montana side of the Beartooth Highway in a dozen places between mile markers 39 and 51. The road was closed for reconstruction, and a $20.4 million construction contract issued which stipulated an October 2005 completion date.
A traffic camera is a video camera which observes vehicular traffic on a road. Typically, traffic cameras are put along major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads, and are connected by optical fibers buried alongside or under the road, with electricity provided either by mains power in urban areas, by solar panels or other alternative power sources which provide ...
A new U.S. Route 93 Alternate was built to bypass through traffic around downtown Kalispell, Montana, from 2010 to 2016. [22] Currently, US 93 through Kalispell is Main Street and Sunset Boulevard, a 25 to 45 mph (40 to 72 km/h) arterial.
S-559 east (Jocko Road) Connects to Seeley Lake via Jocko Canyon, Placid Creek, and Placid Lake Roads: Ravalli: 128.731: 207.172: MT 200 west – National Bison Range, Thompson Falls: Northern end of MT 200 concurrency 143.254: 230.545: S-212 south – Charlo, Moiese, Dixon: National Bison Range visitor center and HQ in Moiese: Ronan: 148.277 ...
Montana's secondary system was established in 1942, [4] but secondary highways (S routes) were not signed until the 1960s. [1] S route designations first appeared on the state highway map in 1960 [ 5 ] and are abbreviated as "S-nnn".
In March 1913, a state Highway Commission was created by the legislature, consisting of three members. George R. Metlen was the first chief engineer and the only paid member of the commission. The commission's budget was $5,000 per year. In July 1916, the First Federal Road Act gave $1.5 million to construct roads and bridges.
I-15, 20 miles (32 km) south of Dillon, Montana I-15 (foreground left to right) goes through the city of Great Falls, MT. I-15 crosses into Montana from Idaho just south of Lima Reservoir over Monida Pass, at 6,870 feet (2,090 m), the highest elevation on the entire route of I-15. [2]
The Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing connects the town of Sweet Grass, Montana, with the village of Coutts, Alberta, on the Canada–United States border. I-15 on the American side joins Alberta Highway 4 on the Canadian side. Similarly, BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) connect.