Highway 23 paving underway as part of $5 million area project

Almost 44 miles of Highway 23 from Steptoe to Sprague is being re-surfaced as part of a state contract.

According to Al Gilson, communications manager for the Department of Transportation’s Eastern Region, Highway 23 is part of a larger contract with Poe Asphalt Paving of Clarkston.

The contract totals $5,059,746 for about 105 miles of rural roadways that includes SR 23 Steptoe to Sprague and from Sprague to Lord’s Creek, and Highway 231 from Sprague to Reardan and Reardan to Fisher Road, Highway 902 Interstate 90 to Lakeland Village and Highway 904 Tyler to Cheney.

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