Crews reopened SR 11/Chuckanut Drive in the late afternoon on Tuesday, Feb. 11 following a landslide that brought down trees and other large debris on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Tags: WSDOT ^aep Skagit County Whatcom County Bow Edison Bellingham landslide SR 11 Chuckanut Drive
Alan Grimes works the excavator to maneuver a huge chunk of tree root into a dump truck as his team works to clean-up SR 11/Chuckanut Drive following a Saturday, Feb. 8 landslide. The highway has reopened.
Tags: WSDOT ^aep Skagit County Whatcom County Bow Edison Bellingham landslide SR 11 Chuckanut Drive
Crews moved excavators and dump trucks to SR 11 to remove landslide debris after a section of hillside slide across the highway on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. The highway has reopened.
Tags: WSDOT ^aep Skagit County Whatcom County Bow Edison Bellingham landslide SR 11 Chuckanut Drive
On the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 trees, dirt and other debris slid across SR 11 in Skagit County between Blanchard Road and Samish Bay Viewpoint.
Tags: WSDOT ^aep SR 11 Chuckanut Drive land slide Trees Clearing Skagit County Whatcom County Bow Bellingham Edison
On Saturday, Feb. 8 trees and other debris slid off the hillside and across SR 11/Chuckanut Drive between Blanchard Road and Samish Bay Viewpoint. To work to get the highway reopened, crews trained with chainsaws and wearing proper protection equipment worked to cut up all the downed trees to make it easier to haul them out of the area. The highway remains closed until all of this debris is able to be removed. I-5 is an alternate route between Skagit and Whatcom counties.
Tags: WSDOT ^aep SR 11 Chuckanut Drive land slide Trees Clearing Skagit County Whatcom County Bow Bellingham Edison