Roads & Bridges

SPRING / SUMMER HOURS: 🌄

APRIL 3, 2023 THRU SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM

CLOSED ON FRIDAY

Welcome to the season of fall in Montana. We are working on wrapping up our summer projects; including pavement overlay. We will begin our fall grading, as time and weather permits. Thank you for being mindful of our employees while you are traveling and always please drive safe.

We will be switching over to our fall and winter schedule Monday October 2nd.

About

Flathead County Road and Bridge Department is a department within the county government that is under the direct control of the Flathead County Board of County Commissioners.

The Road and Bridge Department is divided into the following three sub-departments. Included in these paragraphs are a brief overview of the department and its responsibilities.

The geographical range of county roads and bridges is:

Northern edge: North Fork to the Canadian border
Eastern edge: Essex to Ferndale to Bigfork
Southern edge: Bigfork to Lakeside to Nirada to Thompson River
Western edge: Thompson river to Pleasant Valley to Olney

Road Department

Maintenance operations consist of snow plowing in the winter months, general road maintenance, and major construction projects in the non-winter months. Monitoring traffic safety is a major concern. Some of the other areas of responsibility are encroachments for utility installations, approach encroachments, road reviews for subdivisions, etc.

Bridge Department

Maintains approximately one hundred (100) bridges and approximately seven hundred (700) culverts, cattle passes, and cattle guards. They install and maintain all guardrails. There are several dikes within Flathead County, which they are required to maintain.

County Shop

The shop maintains approximately two hundred and ninety (290) county-owned vehicles and pieces of equipment which are operated by Road, Bridge, Shop, Sheriff, Commissioners, Animal Control, Mountain Climber, Health/Sanitation, Juvenile Detention, County Attorney, and the Disaster and Emergency Services Departments. All aspects of vehicle maintenance and repairs are performed.