The person who died Friday during work to remove a bridge at Twentymile River has not yet been identified.
Twentymile River in April 2019. The state transportation department said a contract worker died Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during work to remove a bridge at Twentymile River undertaken as part of a broader Seward Highway construction project along Turnagain Arm.
A state contract worker was killed Friday while working on a Seward Highway construction project near Portage, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said. The worker has not yet been identified. The incident occurred during work to remove a bridge at Twentymile River, the transportation department said in a statement. The bridge removal is part of a broaderto improve roads and bridges on the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm south of Girdwood, between Mile 75 and 90.
A spokesperson with the Alaska State Troopers said the responding agency was the Anchorage Police Department. Representatives for the state transportation department and Anchorage police did not immediately respond to follow-up questions about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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