Part Of Bridge Outside Keller Collapses Into Sanpoil River

About 50 residents of a remote Colville Indian Reservation community were cut off Tuesday as road crews scrambled to repair a flood-damaged bridge.

Waters of the Sanpoil River on Monday undercut banks beneath a bridge on Silver Creek Road outside Keller, officials said. The erosion weakened the bridge, causing a large section of concrete pavement to fall into the river.

The bridge links people living southeast of Keller with the town, which is about 70 miles northwest of Spokane.

Residents living along Silver Creek Road faced a 100-mile round trip to Inchelium to get groceries and other supplies.

, DataTimes