On Monday, July 31 WSDOT maintenance crews noticed that something didn't look quite right on SR 534 just west of SR 9. It's a road they patrol regularly so they investigated and found a sinkhole was forming due to a leaking culvert under the highway. Crews closed the road, assessed the situation, determined a temporary repair could be put in place, made those repairs and reopened the highway - which currently has a bump at this location. Crews are working on a plan for a permanent repair and will come back in to do that when they're able to have all the supplies on hand and give travelers noti
On Monday, July 31 WSDOT maintenance crews noticed that something didn't look quite right on SR 534 just west of SR 9. It's a road they patrol regularly so they investigated and found a sinkhole was forming due to a leaking culvert under the highway. Crews closed the road, assessed the situation, determined a temporary repair could be put in place, made those repairs and reopened the highway - which currently has a bump at this location. Crews are working on a plan for a permanent repair and will come back in to do that when they're able to have all the supplies on hand and give travelers notice of road and lane closures. SR 534 sinkhole discovered 73117 35528000053 o
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