US 89

Crews are working on improvements to an eight-mile segment of US 89, about 30 miles south of Page.

ADOT's Equipment Services crew got traffic moving after mud and rocks blocked the roadway near Glen Canyon Dam.

We’ve been following the US 89 Cameron roadway improvement project pretty closely here on the blog.

Yes, the US 89 landslide repair project is complete, but that doesn’t mean we’re done blogging about it!

Our newest video highlights why the US 89 landslide repair was a unique project.

At about 4:15 p.m. on Friday, March 27, US 89 south of Page was reopened to traffic for the first time following the 2013 landslide that caused major damage to the roadway.

PHOENIX — At approximately 4:15 p.m. today, US 89 south of Page was reopened to traffic for the first time following a Feb. 20, 2013, landslide that caused catastrophic damage to the roadway, requiring a 23-mile closure between the junction of State Route 98 in Page and US 89A near Bitter Springs.

US 89 is scheduled to reopen this month following a landslide in 2013, weather permitting.

The landslide-damaged stretch of US 89 has come a long way in the past two years...

After six months of extensive earthwork on the US 89 landslide repair project south of Page, ADOT is moving on to the final phase of the project to restore the highway.

PHOENIX — Six months after extensive earthwork started on removing nearly one million cubic yards of rock material as part of the repairs of the US 89 landslide-damaged highway south of Page, the Arizona Department of Transportation is moving onto the final phase of the project to restore the highway.

The roadway suffered serious damage following a landslide on the early morning of Feb. 20, 2013 and has remained closed after a 500-foot section of roadway buckled in Echo Cliffs, two miles north of the US 89/US 89A junction near the community of Bitter Springs.

We’ve got an update for you today on a project we first told you about last summer.

Yesterday, we took a look at the US 89 landslide repair project from above. Today, we have another angle to show you.

Our new time-lapse video shows the progress crews are making on the US 89 landslide repair project, about 25 miles south of Page.

Ever wonder what it takes to move one million cubic yards of rock and dirt?

If you’ve been keeping up with us here on the ADOT Blog, you know that crews are currently working on the US 89 landslide repair project near Page.

Progress is being made on the US 89 Cameron roadway improvement project.

An update on the work to repair the landslide-damaged portion of US 89 south of Page.

In order to repair the landslide-damaged portion of US 89, crews will need to drill and blast rock above the slide, then truck it below to build a buttress that will stabilize the area. ADOT captured one of the blasts on video.

Crews have just started work to reconstruct the landslide-damaged portion of US 89 south of Page and, as you can see in today's photos, considerable progress has already been made.