In the last 2 weeks of August, 3.5 more miles of the Middle Fork road were paved, from Champion Beach to Big Blowout Creek. Weather permitting, project management expects to pave the rest of the road to Valley Camp before the end of construction for this year on October 31, 2016.
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New pavement in progress with asphalt trucks coming out
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Second layer of asphalt being applied
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A worker cleans years of accumulated cruft from the concrete bridge rails
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Cleaned concrete bridge
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New pavement by rock outcrop before Wise Creek
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Newly paved approach to Bessemer Gate
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Paved wiggle in road just after the Bessemer Gate
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Newly paved pullout at upper Oxbow Loop
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Newly paved pullout at Russian Butte view