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Reclamation Announces Canyon Ferry Dam Road Closure

Media Contact: Jack Conner, (406) 247-7300, jconner@usbr.gov

For Release: September 13, 2016

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Montana State Highway 284 across Canyon Ferry Dam will be closed to all traffic on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The temporary road closure is due to required maintenance work being conducted to the spillway.

Travelers are encouraged to seek alternate routes, north and south of the dam during the closure period.

For more information please contact the Canyon Ferry Field Office at 406-475-3310 or visit Reclamation's website at www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao/.

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