Argus v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.

September 6, 1953, Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company, pursuant to a contract with the highway department of the state of Washington, was engaged in repair and maintenance work approximately one-half mile west of the summit of Snoqualmie Pass on U. S. highway No. 10. In performing this work, the main traveled portion of the highway was barricaded, and a gravel-surfaced detour constructed adjacent to the highway for a distance of approximately five hundred feet.

One approaching the detour from the west was confronted at varying intervals with the following warning road signs: At four hundred feet from…