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The Montana Department of Transportation says if construction goes as planned, people should be able to drive on the Kalispell bypass in October.

The Highway 93 Bypass will start as four lanes, and then go down to two lanes for most of the three miles.

There will also be pedestrian walkways, bridges and a tunnel as well as two traffic signals and three roundabouts.

Construction engineers say contractors have a target date of the first week of October to finish paving.

The DOT will open the southern bypass roadway and then do a study to decide on a speed limit.

DOT District Construction Engineer Ed Tovas says that the Highway 93 Bypass offers a rare opportunity to build a brand new roadway.

"This is brand new, this is a pioneer trail, this is an old railroad grade that we're going to make into a national highway, and that's pretty exciting, it's very very rare in the state of Montana, and throughout the United States."

Engineers say another unique feature of the project are sound walls toward the south end of the bypass.