Mountain Home News: Local News: Snow fence built on Hwy 20 (06/29/12)

The snow fence on Highway 20 is actually a double row of trees planted on the north side of the road to provide a natural barrier to the snow that regularly drifts across the highway.

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Looking to improve public safety while cutting back on maintenance costs, the Idaho Department of Transportation recently finished work on a natural snow fence on U.S. Highway 20.

Crews from the transportation department's maintenance unit in Mountain Home installed the 1,600-foot "living snow fence" along the highway between mileposts 109 and 110 about 19 miles northeast of Mountain Home.

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