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Article: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REOPENS STATE ROUTE 87 AFTER LANDSLIDE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 27, 2008
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The Arizona Department of Transportation issued the following news release:
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) reopened State Route 87 on March 27. The highway was closed in both directions on March 21 after a landslide created unsafe conditions in the Slate Creek area (milepost 224). Drivers will travel through a work zone with one lane in each direction and a reduced speed limit as they pass through the area affected by the landslide.
"Our team has moved quickly since the landslide to make State Route 87 safe for motorists and restore this critical link between Northern Arizona and the Phoenix area," said ADOT Director Victor Mendez.
The decision to reopen State Route 87 was ...