When a Missoula road became a highway

Now jump over a bunch of Reserve Street developments to 1994. The highway department is now called the Montana Department of Transportation, but Weaver is still its Missoula district engineer. Cars are backing up for a mile north and south of Mullan Road at rush hour.

“It’s close to gridlock,” Weaver told the Missoulian’s Michael Downs. “It’s the worst congestion I’ve ever seen in Missoula.”