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Reclamation Announces Canyon Ferry Dam Road Closure

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

For Release: March 06, 2018

Canyon Ferry DamBILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that access across Canyon Ferry Dam will be closed to all traffic beginning Tuesday, March 20, through Friday, March 23, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.

Montana State Highway 284, at both sides of the dam, will be closed to all traffic to conduct crane operations necessary to complete required maintenance to the dam. Travelers must 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 http://www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao.

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