Tag: Yellowstone National Park

Roadbuilding
Yellowstone National Park considers replacing deteriorated bridge
The concrete deck, sidewalks, and parapets of the bridge over the Yellowstone River at the Northeast Entrance Road near Tower Junction in Yellowstone National Park have deteriorated so badly that the National Park Service (NPS) wants to replace it, the Montana Standard reports. The bridge, which was built in the early 1960s, is the only […]
November 14, 2019
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Roadbuilding
Group hopes to reinstate historic U.S. Highway 20 route in Iowa
A nonprofit organization hopes to designate the original 1926 alignment of Highway 20 in Iowa between Dubuque and Sioux City and is calling on local governments along the historic route to support the designation. Historic U.S. Route 20 Association President Bryan Farr tells KWWL that the movement is gaining traction among cities, towns and counties, with […]
October 12, 2017
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Roadbuilding
The Last Word
A teen flips a car on the first driving lesson; heat melts pavement in Yellowstone.
August 6, 2014
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Roadbuilding
The Last Word
A teen flips a car on the first driving lesson; heat melts pavement in Yellowstone.
August 6, 2014
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It’s so hot at Yellowstone National Park the roads are melting
What the road crew at Yellowstone National Park has on its hands is not a routine patch job. A 3.3-mile loop drive at the park is temporarily closed after a hot spot beneath the road caused by the park’s naturally changing thermal geology began melting the asphalt, the National Park Service (NPS) announced Thursday. The […]
July 11, 2014
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Roadbuilding
Yellowstone heat melts roadway
A 3.3-mile loop drive in Yellowstone National Park is temporarily closed after the park’s thermal geology began melting the asphalt, the National Park Service (NPS) announced Thursday. The affected roadway, Firehole Lake Drive, takes visitors past Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser and Firehole Lake. “Extreme heat from surrounding thermal areas has caused thick oil […]
July 10, 2014
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