Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

US Forest Service
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Contact: Renee Bodine
Office: 425-783-6015

Mount Index Road opens to local traffic

January 12, 2009

EVERETT, WA—Forest Service crews will open Mount Index Road (Forest Service Road 6020) to local residents 6 p.m. this evening. A landslide into the South Fork Skykomish River undermined the road and closed access to a neighborhood of about 200 people Saturday night. The road is in eastern Snohomish County about a quarter of a mile west of Index, and connects the residents with Highway 2. The temporary access will be open 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily while crews work on the road. No commercial or heavy vehicles will be allowed.

Workers are building a new roadway into the hillside adjacent to the old road, which Project Leader Jim Mitchell estimates will be done Friday. “The site can change instantly, but if all goes well, we expect to finish on time.” Mitchell is the roads manager for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

US Forest Service - Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Last Modified: Monday, 12 January 2009 at 18:04:26 EST