Parker Horn Bridge to be paved this weekend

MOSES LAKE — Drivers using State Route 17 through Moses Lake should be ready for traffic delays this weekend, starting Friday, as road crews will be resurfacing the bridge over Parker Horn.

The work is scheduled for 24 hours per day from Friday through Monday, wrote Sebastian Moraga, communications officer with the Washington Department of Transportation. 

“Travelers on SR 17 should expect single-lane closures in both the northbound and southbound lanes,” Moraga wrote in a press release. “Work will affect the half-mile stretch of SR 17 and includes scraping off old asphalt from the bridge’s deck, repairing the deck, placing new membrane and then placing new asphalt on top.”

The project is scheduled for completion by mid- to late July, and crews have removed about two inches of the old asphalt and repaved most of the seven-mile section from the Interstate 90  intersection south of town to the intersection at Patton Boulevard. Total project cost is about $7.6 million.

Road crews have paved multiple intersections along the way and are doing work on the overpass at North Stratford Road. 

Construction crews will start work on a section of U.S. Highway 2 near Leavenworth in Chelan County on Monday, according to a WSDOT press release. Additional work is scheduled for State Route 207 north of Leavenworth on the road to Lake Wenatchee.

Workers will be fixing rough patches SR 207 near the intersection of US 2 and SR 207, known as Coles Corner, on Monday only, the press release said. 

Pavement repair is scheduled for US 2 through Tumwater Canyon west of Leavenworth to the intersection with US 2 from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the press release said. 

“Travelers should plan for flagger-controlled traffic with pilot car and delays, especially during peak travel times,” the press release said. “Work is weather dependent and may change depending on conditions.”

Drivers heading to Okanogan County should plan for construction around the Omak area on multiple roads. Crews are sealing cracks and repairing the pavement along State Route 215 where it runs through Omak and Okanogan. Drivers can expect single-lane closures, flagger-controlled traffic with a pilot car and intermittent parking restrictions. That work is scheduled for completion Tuesday.

The main highway through Okanogan County, U.S. Highway 97, is getting a new surface between Okanogan and Riverside. Crews are working from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. That project is scheduled for completion in August. 

Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at cschweizer@columbiabasinherald.com.