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MDT Beartooth Pass

MDT Beartooth Pass

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www.sensemetrics.com Case Study | MDT Beartooth Pass MDT Beartooth Pass MONTANA, USA Beartooth Highway is a nationally recognized scenic byway connecting Red Lodge, Montana to Yellowstone National Park. Peaking at an elevation of 11,000 feet, the mountainous pass is snow packed and closed to the traveling public for approximately half of the year. In 2005, a large landslide was activated during a period of snowmelt compounded by heavy rainfall, damaging or destroying 13 segments of a 12-mile stretch of the highway. Significant repair efforts have been completed by Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) over the years, however continued slope movements have mandated that the state take an active risk management approach that will provide near real-time information about the b

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