05-23-2011, 04:34 PM
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Bowery Creek Bridge Closure
Release Date: Mar 9, 2011
Contact(s): [url "mailto:ccall@fs.fed.us"]Kenton Call: 435-865-3730[/url]
IRON COUNTY, Utah – The Bowery Creek Road will be closed starting today until May 25th for bridge replacement work. The bridge has been found structurally deficient and unsafe. It cannot safely support vehicles and to ensure public safety the bridge needs to be replaced.
“This temporary closure will be an inconvenience to the public. However, the new bridge and improved road will make travel into the area not only safer but more enjoyable,” said Veronica Magnuson, Cedar City District Ranger.
Bowery Creek Road (Forest Road 30049, Highway 143 to Yankee Meadow Reservoir) also has safety deficiencies in width, pullouts, alignment and drainage to provide for safe two-lane travel. Replacing the bridge and road improvements will provide for public safety for visitors using the Bowery Creek and Yankee Meadows area.
“Public safety is my number one concern,” said Veronica Magnuson, Cedar City District Ranger.
Alternate access to the Yankee Meadow Reservoir will be via Forest Road 048 (FR048), which is located on State Highway 143 approximately 0.2 miles south of the Bowery Creek Road. Currently this road is closed due to winter snow. Please be advised the road is very rough and is intended for high clearance vehicles only.
The bridge was originally built in 1935 by the CCC boys of camp F16, which was located in Duck Creek.
For more information, call the Cedar City Ranger District at (435) 865-3700.[/quote]
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use "second left-hand" (road 048 mentioned above), and drop in from above the lake. (the main road to Yankee is "first left-hand"). I can't tell you for sure if the road is currently passable or not. I'd contact the southern region DWR, or the DNF and find out.
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Bowery Creek Bridge Closure
Release Date: Mar 9, 2011
Contact(s): [url "mailto:ccall@fs.fed.us"]Kenton Call: 435-865-3730[/url]
IRON COUNTY, Utah – The Bowery Creek Road will be closed starting today until May 25th for bridge replacement work. The bridge has been found structurally deficient and unsafe. It cannot safely support vehicles and to ensure public safety the bridge needs to be replaced.
“This temporary closure will be an inconvenience to the public. However, the new bridge and improved road will make travel into the area not only safer but more enjoyable,” said Veronica Magnuson, Cedar City District Ranger.
Bowery Creek Road (Forest Road 30049, Highway 143 to Yankee Meadow Reservoir) also has safety deficiencies in width, pullouts, alignment and drainage to provide for safe two-lane travel. Replacing the bridge and road improvements will provide for public safety for visitors using the Bowery Creek and Yankee Meadows area.
“Public safety is my number one concern,” said Veronica Magnuson, Cedar City District Ranger.
Alternate access to the Yankee Meadow Reservoir will be via Forest Road 048 (FR048), which is located on State Highway 143 approximately 0.2 miles south of the Bowery Creek Road. Currently this road is closed due to winter snow. Please be advised the road is very rough and is intended for high clearance vehicles only.
The bridge was originally built in 1935 by the CCC boys of camp F16, which was located in Duck Creek.
For more information, call the Cedar City Ranger District at (435) 865-3700.[/quote]
[url "http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/%21ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPyhQoY6BdkOyoCAGixyPg%21/?ss=110407&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&cid=STELPRDB5286996&navid=180000000000000&pnavid=null&position=News&ttype=detail&pname=Dixie%20National%20Forest-%20News%20&%20Events"]http://www.fs.usda.gov/...%20News%20&%20Events[/url]
use "second left-hand" (road 048 mentioned above), and drop in from above the lake. (the main road to Yankee is "first left-hand"). I can't tell you for sure if the road is currently passable or not. I'd contact the southern region DWR, or the DNF and find out.
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