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Highway 20 over the North Cascades, which was closed earlier in the day, has opened with no stopping allowed from milepost 148 to 158, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
State Route 20 has reopened again between Newhalem and Silver Star in the heart of the Sourdough Fire. The state highway reopened at 9:07 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Washington State ...
The Washington Department of Transportation on Friday announced North Cascades Highway traffic has resumed after a wildfire forced recent closures of the northernmost pass between Eastern and ...
The fire started from a lightning strike on July 17 .
The fire caused the closure of the North Cascades Highway (State Route 20) and evacuations of recreational facilities and three Seattle City Light hydroelectric dams in the area. As of September 15, 2023 [update] , the Sourdough Fire had been estimated to have burned 6,369 acres (2,577 ha) and was 25 percent contained.
State Route 20 (SR 20), also known as the North Cascades Highway, is a state highway that traverses the U.S. state of Washington.It is the state's longest highway, traveling 436 miles (702 km) across the northern areas of Washington, from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula to US 2 near the Idaho state border in Newport.
Fire was moving downhill and could threaten Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway, according to Monday morning updates on Inciweb and the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada [ 1 ] as the Cascade Mountains . [ 2 ]