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Thursday's lane closure at mile 89 on the Richardson Highway is off Alaska 511's list

by Cale Green · from an AI draft by Walter AlaskaNewsAug 13, 2026, 12:08 PM AKDT(1mo ago)

1 min readRichardson Highway, Mile 89, Alaska

A vehicle incident closed a lane in both directions of the Richardson Highway near mile marker 89 on Thursday, Aug. 13, and flaggers controlled traffic through the site at 9:56 a.m. - and listed a planned end time of 3 p.m. The highway was not fully closed, and 511 had no data on which specific lanes were affected.

By Friday the event was off 511's list. Three Richardson Highway entries remained, all roadwork, none at mile 89.

Mile 89 is in the Copper River Basin, about 16 miles south of Copper Center.

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Source: Alaska DOT&PF, Alaska DOT&PF: Lande Closure: Richardson Hwy — Lane Closure on Richardson Hwy Both Directions At mile marker 89 (Aug 13, 2026).

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Thursday's lane closure at mile 89 on the Richardson Highway is off Alaska 511's list

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