Note: Web cameras are no longer in service for the I-90 Midway Curve at Easton Hill Slope Stabilization project. These cameras will be used for future construction projects and available to the public at this website.


LIVE CAMERAS TO TRACK I-90 SLOPE STABILIZATION WORK AT EASTON HILL

EASTON - WSDOT has set up a live camera showing three different views of the I-90 Midway Curve slope stabilization project work zone (fourteen miles east of the Snoqualmie Pass summit), giving web viewers up-to-the-minute looks of the slope work, as well as I-90 traffic through the temporary work zone bypass in both directions.

     
   Camera looking east          Close-up of work zone         Camera looking west

Governor Gregoire ordered a reassessment of unstable slopes along I-90 in the Snoqualmie Pass area in late 2005 following rockslides in September and November. The WSDOT chief engineering geologist delivered a report to the governor in January 2006 identifying the three adjacent slopes near milepost 66 (Midway Curve) as high-priority sites for slope stabilization.

The $4.3 million project is about ten times the size of the repairs that followed the rockslides last fall. Crews have finished the temporary work zone bypass for traffic in the area, and slope stabilization work will begin in earnest after the July 4^th holiday. WSDOT planned ahead and carefully designed the bypass to have the least possible impact on traffic; the speed limit through the bypass is 65 mph and provides two lanes in each direction.

For information on the slope stabilization projects, visit

www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I90/MidwayCurvesSlopeStabilization/

Drivers can get real-time traffic and weather information by dialing 5-1-1 from most phones. This new traveler information system builds upon the highly successful Washington State Highway hotline that managed 4.6 million calls each year. Callers can also use 5-1-1 to get statewide construction, mountain pass condition, and state ferry system information, as well as toll free numbers for passenger rail and airlines. TTY users can call 1-800-833-6388.