Beginning sometime today and continuing for the next several months, Slater Road is scheduled to be closed between Elder Road and Lake Terrell Road due to a culvert replacement project. A detour route via Elder and Unick Roads will be provided for vehicle traffic. Truck traffic will be directed to a detour route further north via I-5 to Grandview Road.
Many drivers will consider avoiding the detour route, fearful of slow-moving traffic. This presents the question, if not taking the detour route, which of the other alternate routes should be taken?
Utilizing Google Maps, the following tables detailing the approximate distance and estimated travel times for each route have been compiled.
To/From I-5 (just south of Slater Rd) to Unick Rd and Lk Terrell Rd
| 12 min | 8.3 miles | Direct route before the closure |
| 13 min | 8.3 miles | Via detour route |
| 15 min | 7.8 miles | Via Slater/Haxton/Lampman/Olson/Unick |
| 15 min | 9.6 miles | Via Main St/Mountain View Rd |
| 16 min | 8.8 miles | Via Slater/Imhof/Ulrich/S Church/Douglas/Lk Terrell |
| 22 min | 16.1 miles | Via truck detour (Grandview to Kickerville) |
To/From I-5 (just south of Slater Rd) to Sandy Point (Sucia Dr)
| 12 min | 8.3 miles | Direct route before the closure |
| 17 min | 10.3 miles | Via detour |
| 18 min | 10.1 miles | Via N Red River Road |
| 19 min | 11.6 miles | Via Main St/Mountain View Rd |
NOTE: Time estimates in both tables account for speed limits, traffic controls (eg stop signs and signals). But they also assume traffic is flowing freely. Traffic is not always flowing freely on Main Street through Ferndale so additional time could be added to that route’s estimate. It is yet to be seen how freely traffic will be flowing through the detour route.
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