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Mt. Baker Highway Sr 542-East Church Mountain Road Realignment, Tristan Bull, Kristen Werner, Will Olsen, Titilayo Ala, Katherine Rohrer
Mt. Baker Highway Sr 542-East Church Mountain Road Realignment, Tristan Bull, Kristen Werner, Will Olsen, Titilayo Ala, Katherine Rohrer
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) proposes to realign State Route 542 away from the North Fork Nooksack River in order to reduce environmental impacts from repetitive roadway maintenance, and to improve fish passage at Chain-up Creek. Work includes: realigning approximately 1,600 linear feet of roadway up to 80 feet away from the North Fork Nooksack River, replacing a 5-foot diameter, 80-foot long culvert with a 30-foot long, 40-foot wide bridge over Chain-up Creek, and installing 5 porous weirs and 2 anchored large woody debris structures in the restored stream channel.
State Route 542: Warnick Bluff Stabilization : Wsdot-Identified Chronic Environmental Deficiencies Mitigation To Protect Infrastructure And Reduce Potential Environmental Damage, Benjamin Gardner, Jon Loewus-Deitch, Chelsey Emerick, Maria Debari, Kelly Slattery
State Route 542: Warnick Bluff Stabilization : Wsdot-Identified Chronic Environmental Deficiencies Mitigation To Protect Infrastructure And Reduce Potential Environmental Damage, Benjamin Gardner, Jon Loewus-Deitch, Chelsey Emerick, Maria Debari, Kelly Slattery
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
"The beginning sections of this EIA give an overview of the project location. SR 542, Mt. Baker Highway runs parallel to the NF Nooksack River near the top of Warnick Bluff. Chronic repetitive erosion has been a problem that is exacerbated by severe flood events throughout the past decade. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) estimates that the bank has eroded at a rate of approximately five feet per year since 1994. At the site of the proposed project, the SR 542 currently lies fifteen feet away from the edge of the bluff. The highway could potentially be washed …