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Lake Crescent Highway 101 Rehabilitation 2017-19

Today's U.S. Highway 101 follows the route of the first road around Lake Crescent, built in the early 1920s.

NPS Photo by BMaynes

On July 10, 2017, the National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration began a project to rehabilitate 12 miles of Highway 101 around Lake Crescent and four miles of East Beach Road. This project will take an estimated three construction seasons to complete and will address safety and long-term maintenance issues.

Project information is updated regularly on this webpage. Follow @OlympicNP on Twitter for additional notifications.

For information in real-time on traffic impacts for Highway 101, check the Washington Department of Transportation Traffic Alert website https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/trafficalerts/.

 

General Traffic Impacts

Highway 101

Half-hour delays through the project area on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent during weekday work hours.

• Traveling in the early morning (before 8:30 am) and early evening (after 5:30 pm) can help you avoid the half-hour delays. Work hours during the summer can begin 2 hours after sunrise and must end two hours before sunset.

A six-hour closure will occur on Tuesday, 10/3 from 10:00p-4:00a at Eagle Creek, on the west end of Lake Crescent, for culvert work. The highway will be closed at Lake Crescent Road on the east end and Camp David Jr. Road on the west end of the lake. The Barnes Point area and the North Shore will remain accessible from their respective sides of the closure.

Construction will occur on weekdays only. No weekend or holiday work.

East Beach Road

Paving Operations on East Beach Road

• September 21-23: Top lift paving, full road width. No through access for 10-hours; local resident access only (with delays). Paving will begin on west end and move east. Log Cabin Resort will remain open; watch for variable message signage directing traffic to Log Cabin Resort via SR 112 to Joyce-Piedmont Road or from East Beach Road depending on the location of paving operations.

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Visitors should expect traffic delays during each construction season, as outlined below.

 

General Lake Crescent Area Construction

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Lake Crescent Highway 101 Rehabilitation Project

 

Overview of Yearly U.S. Highway 101 Construction Schedule

July 31, 2017—Labor Day 2017

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with short delays after-hours and on weekends to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.

After Labor Day 2017—Mid-November 2017

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with potential short delays after-hours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.
• Limited 4-hour delays (9am-1pm Mondays through Thursdays only) and 6-hour overnight delays (10pm-4am Mondays through Wednesdays only) may be scheduled and will be announced two weeks in advance.

Mid-November 2017—Mid-March 2018 and Mid November 2018—Mid March 2019

• No construction

March 15-31, 2018 and March 15-31, 2019

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with short delays after-hours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.
• Limited 4-hour delays (9am-1pm Mondays through Thursdays only) and 6-hour overnight delays (10pm-4am Mondays through Wednesdays only) may be scheduled and will be announced two weeks in advance.

April 2018—Late May 2018 and April 2019—Late May 2019

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with short delays after-hours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.
• Limited 4-hour delays may be scheduled (9am-1pm Mondays through Thursdays only) and will be announced two weeks in advance.

After Memorial Day 2018—Early September 2018 and After Memorial Day 2019—late September 2019

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with short delays after-hours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.

Early September 2018—Mid November 2018 and September 2019

• Expect half-hour delays during weekday work hours, with short delays after-hours to accommodate alternating single lane traffic.
• Limited 4-hour delays (9am-1pm Mondays through Thursdays only) and 6-hour overnight delays (10pm-4am Mondays through Wednesdays only) may be scheduled and will be announced two weeks in advance.

 

Good to Know

• Construction will occur on Highway 101 on weekdays only. No weekend or holiday work.
• Work hours will vary according to season and daylength.
  April 1 - September 23: work may begin two hours after sunrise and must stop two hours before sunset.
• East Beach Road rehab is scheduled to be completed by November 2017. Paving operations will begin after Labor Day.
• Emergency vehicles will have immediate access during scheduled 4-hour and 6-hour delays.