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Highway/Road Construction and Maintenance Work

The Transportation Division manages improvements and construction on 4,850 kilometers of road in Yukon.

248 km of roads are paved, 1,987 km are covered with Bituminous Surface Treatment (BST), and 2,617 km are gravel.

700 km of highway right-of-way, on average, receive vegetation control each year.

The Transportation Engineering branch manages 128 bridges on the maintained highway system throughout Yukon.

2011 Construction Schedule

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2011 Bridge Projects

Alaska Highway #1

• Lower Rancheria Bridge - km 1063
  Between Watson Lake and Swift River
  Bridge  Repair  

  Completed

• Morley River Bridge - km 1204
  Between Swift River and Teslin
  Deck Replacement

  Completed

• Teslin River Bridge - km 1295
  Between Teslin and Johnson's Crossing
  Erosion Control 

  Completed

• km 1369 to 1379
  Between Marsh Lake and Whitehorse
  Resurfacing and Reconstruction  

  Completed

 

• Beaver Creek Bridge - km 1869
  At Beaver Creek
  Bridge Repair 
  Expected to be done in 2012  

 

Klondike Highway #2

• Pelly River Bridge - km 462
  Between Carmacks and Stewart Crossing
  Painting 

  Completed ahead of schedule

• Flat Creek Bridge - km 664
  Between Stewart Crossing and Dawson City
  Rehabilitation Will resume in 2012 
  Single lane - minor delays

  Completed work for 2011 ahead of schedule

Campbell Highway #4

• Frances River Bridge - km 57
  Before Watson Lake and Ross River
  Guiderail Replacement August to end of October
  Minor delays

 

• Tuchitua River Bridge - km 111
  Before Watson Lake and Ross River
  Guiderail Replacement  

  Completed ahead of schedule

Canol Road #6

• Moose Creek Bridge - km 376 &
  Itsi Creek Bridge - km 402
  Between Ross River and boundary with Northwest Territories

  Completed

   

Aishihik Lake Road #301

• Big Mountain Creek Bridge - km 17
  Giltana Creek Bridge - km 42
  Reconstruction

  Completed

• Last Updated: 10/19/2011 |
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