Glacier Bridge Construction Projects Begin

July 20, 2022

Two bridges in Glacier National Park, Montana will begin construction this week.

Thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) through the Federal Lands Transportation Program, Glacier National Park plans to rehabilitate 13 bridges throughout the park over the next two years. The funding from the IIJA should fuel the construction projects.

The improvements to the bridges will include bridge deck and approach repairs, timber pile replacement and repairs, timber curb replacement, painting, concrete repair, stone masonry repairs, erosion control measures, among other needs.

Construction began on two Inside North Fork Road bridges on July 18. The Inside North Fork Road is currently open to vehicles in certain sections and provides pedestrian, bicycle, and emergency vehicular access in other sections. Visitors will have pedestrian and bicycle access to Dutch Creek, Anaconda Creek, and Camas Creek.

The Fish Creek Bridge will have limited delays in traffic until it is fully closed to motorized, pedestrian, and bicycle access on Sept. 6, 2022, after Fish Creek Campground closes for the year.

The Appistoki Creek Bridge will have limited delays in traffic until it is fully closed to motorized, pedestrian, and bicycle access on Sept. 26, 2022.

The North Fork Bridge, located on the north end of Camas Road, and the Lee Creek Bridge, located along Chief Mountain Highway, are also part of the rehabilitation project. That work will take place in late 2022 or early 2023. Construction at all bridges will conclude for the season no later than Nov. 14, 2022.

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Source: National Park Service

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