New work season opens for Denali Park Road bridge
The $100 million Pretty Rocks Bridge will cross the site of a landslide that has closed the road at Mile 45 since 2021.
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The $100 million Pretty Rocks Bridge will cross the site of a landslide that has closed the road at Mile 45 since 2021.
Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - New timeline to remove clay at perilous Pretty Rocks site pushes completion date for bridge and full park road access to 2026.
The project to skirt a landslide amid permafrost, clay and a rock glacier is complex, meaning the Denali road won't be fully open until 2026.
The bridge will span a melting rock glacier which as caused a section of the road at mile 45 to slump beyond repair.
The 90-mile road into Denali National Park remains closed at about the halfway point.