It crosses the BNSF Railway tracks just west of the Libby Amtrak station, and passes the site of the former vermiculite export plant before crossing the Kootenai River and taking a more easterly course. The road follows the river upstream into a narrow, tightly winding canyon, running parallel to the railroad on the opposite bank. It suddenly turns south near the former vermiculite mine and passes by its former processing plant site.
It intersects the BNSF Railway tracks just west of the Libby Amtrak station, and passes by the location of the former vermiculite export facility before crossing the Kootenai River and shifting course more to the east. The road then winds its way upstream along the river into a narrow canyon, parallel to the railroad on the opposite bank. It makes a sudden turn south near the site of the former vermiculite mine and passes by the location of its former processing plant.