#JUNEAU – Mendenhall River – Back Loop Bridge OPEN Great news! The Back Loop Bridge is open to traffic today (Tue, Aug 26, 2025). All necessary bridge work to open is complete, and engineers have confirmed the bridge is safe for public passage. What happened: Out of an abundance of caution, the bridge was closed Tue, Aug 12. At the peak of the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) on Wed, Aug 13, catastrophic scouring removed mass amounts of material from the face of the bridge and approach road wa

As snow removal efforts continue across Juneau, I had the opportunity to speak with local residents Tom and Courtney about the impacts of this recent storm. While Alaska is no stranger to heavy snowfall, they shared that the sheer volume arriving in such a short period of time has made it difficult for both crews and residents to keep pace with snow removal. Looking ahead, an additional 1–4 inches of rainfall is forecast into the weekend, which could increase existing issues and add the risk of

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