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Lake County roadways expected to be dangerous

Michelle Lovato? Lake County Leader | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 2 months AGO
by Michelle Lovato? Lake County Leader
| January 14, 2016 7:43 AM

Officials project roadways and weather to create unpredictable driving conditions throughout Lake County today.

Weather temperatures that fluctuated around the freezing mark in the past 24-hour period left roadways, parking lots and sidewalks littered with patches of dry earth top, parking lots, sidewalks and roads.

County and city crews jumped ahead of today's weather pattern Wednesday by plowing and de-icing formerly-snow and ice covered roads. 

The Montana Department of Transportation continues to update its website with current information. As of 9 a.m., the following roads are:

US-93

LOST TRAIL PASS TO SULA
Snowing
Snow and Ice
SULA TO CONNER
Scattered Snow and Ice
CONNER TO HAMILTON
Scattered Wet
HAMILTON TO THE STEVENSVILLE TURNOFF
Scattered Wet
STEVENSVILLE TO LOLO
Wet
WYE TO EVARO HILL
Wet
ARLEE TO JCT MT-200 AT RAVALLI
Wet
NORTH OF ST. IGNATIUS TO RONAN
Snowing
Snowcover
RONAN TO SOUTH OF POLSON
Snowing
Snowcover
POLSON TO ELMO
Scattered Wet
Slush
Snowcover
ELMO TO JCT WITH MT 82
Snowing
Snowcover
US-93 ALTERNATE ROUTE
Wet
JCT WITH MT 82 THROUGH KALISPELL TO 10 MILES NORTH
Wet
10 MILES N OF KALISPELL TO STRYKER
Snow and Ice
STRYKER TO THE CANADIAN LINE
Snowing
Snow and Ice

MT-35

POLSON TO YELLOW BAY
Scattered Wet
Slush
YELLOW BAY TO JCT WITH S-206
Snowing
Scattered Wet
Slush
Snowcover
JCT WITH S-206 TO JCT WITH US-2
Wet

MT-28

THE JCT WITH MT-200 TO 10 MILES NORTH
Wet
Areas of Frost / Ice
10 MILES NORTH OF PLAINS TO ELMO
Snowing
Wet

MT-200

THE IDAHO LINE TO TROUT CREEK
Snowing
Watch for Fallen Rock
Snow and Ice
TROUT CREEK TO THOMPSON FALLS
Wet
Areas of Frost / Ice
WEST OF PLAINS TO JCT MT-135
Wet
Areas of Frost / Ice
WEST OF DIXON TO RAVALLI
Wet
BONNER TO GREENOUGH HILL-BLACKFOOT
Wet
GREENOUGH HILL TO CLEARWATER JCT
Ice/Black Ice
5 MILES WEST OF THE JCT WITH MT-141 TO LINCOLN
Blowing and Drifting
Snow and Ice
LINCOLN TO THE JCT WITH S-279 (FLESHER PASS ROAD)
Blowing and Drifting
Snow and Ice
THE CLEARWATER JCT TO N OF HELMVILLE JCT
Ice/Black Ice
THE JCT WITH S-279 (FLESHER PASS ROAD) TO ROGERS PASS
Snowing
Snow and Ice
ROGERS PASS (MP 90)
Snowing
Snow and Ice
ROGERS PASS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE PASS (MP 93)
Snowing
Snow and Ice
THE JCT WITH US-287 (BOWMANS CORNER) TO SIMMS
Wet
GRASSRANGE TO THE FERGUS/PETROLEUM CO LINE
Wet
THE FERGUS/PETROLEUM CO LINE TO 37 MILES EAST OF WINNETT
Wet
38.5 MILES WEST OF JORDAN TO JORDAN
Wet
JORDAN TO 14 MILES EAST
Wet
14 MILES EAST OF JORDAN TO THE JCT WITH MT-24
Wet
THE JCT WITH MT-24 TO BROCKWAY
Wet
BROCKWAY TO CIRCLE
Wet
CIRCLE TO LAMBERT
Wet
LAMBERT TO SIDNEY
Scattered Wet
SIDNEY TO FAIRVIEW
Scattered Wet

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