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By asmith July 29, 2021 5:09 pm
KGMI
WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – It looks like the last stretch of the Mount Baker Highway will be open in time for late summer visits to Artist Point.
The final 2.7 miles of State Route 542 has been closed while crews work to stabilize and rebuild a crumbling retaining wall.
The wall built in the 1930’s sits above the Heather Meadows Visitor Center, Chain Lakes Loop trailhead and Austin Pass Picnic area.
The Department of Transportation says the work should allow the road to re-open sometime in August.
It will be closed again in the winter as the road becomes part of the Mount Baker Ski Area’s terrain.