Recent heavy rainfall has caused the Nooksack River to rise quickly and the pressure from the stream is undermining the eastbound shoulder of State Route 542/Mt. Baker Highway, four miles east of Maple Falls. For more information on efforts to realign the highway, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR542/GlacierSpringsRealignment/
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Heavy rainfall is causing the Nooksack River to rise and the higher and faster water is undermining the bank underneath the shoulder of the eastbound lane on State Route 542 in the Glacier Springs area. For more information on efforts to realign the highway, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR542/GlacierSpringsRealignment/
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Over the two-week period from Nov. 21 to Dec. 5, heavy rain washed away between five and six feet of the embankment under the shoulder of the eastbound lane of SR 542 in the Glacier Springs area. For more information on efforts to realign the highway, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR542/GlacierSpringsRealignment/
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Clearing the path is the first order of business to realign SR 542 near Glacier Springs in Whatcom County. In late February contractor crews removed trees and brush to set the path for SR 542’s new roadbed. The new alignment is necessary because the Nooksack River is eroding Warnick Bluff near the old highway alignment. On Feb. 8, 2015, WSDOT reduced the old alignment of SR 542 to one lane because the erosion was getting too close to the highway.
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Contractor crews brought in track hoes and other heavy equipment to clear the new alignment for SR 542 near Glacier Springs in Whatcom County. WSDOT is shifting about 1,000 feet of SR 542 to the northeast of the old alignment because the Nooksack River is eroding the bluff near the highway. SR 542 was reduced to one lane in February 2015 with temporary signals to control traffic as a precaution. The new align is about 100 feet from the old one.
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