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Reclamation Announces Canyon Ferry Dam Road Closure

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

For Release: April 11, 2018

Canyon Ferry Dam SpillwayBILLINGS, Montana -- The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that access across Canyon Ferry Dam will be closed to all traffic Saturday, April 14, 2018, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Montana State Highway 284, at both sides of the dam, will be closed to all traffic to allow the Federal Highway Administration to conduct a required inspection of the spillway bridge. 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 www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao/index.html.

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Relevant Link:

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