or Alt 93) in the U.S. state of Montana is an alternate route of US 93 that bypasses the central business district of the city of Kalispell.
The next phase of construction is planned to begin in summer 2019, following receipt of a $12.75 million federal BUILD grant for the segment from the Ashley Creek bridge to just north of Airport Road, for expanding the highway to four lanes and building the first of the two planned interchanges (Foys Lake/Meridian), with design work and right-of-way acquisition for the remaining segment beginning in January 2019.
[4] The idea for a bypass to relieve congestion in downtown Kalispell had been discussed since the 1940s, with the first formal request submitted to the then-Montana Highway Department in 1953.
[5] The idea finally came to fruition in 1994 with the approval of the region's federal environmental impact statement for upcoming highway construction projects.
[2] This round of construction also expanded the first 2010 segment (Foys Lake Road/Meridian Road to US 2) to four lanes.