Highway 87 Closes For Road Construction

Effective today, Highway 87 will close for upwards of four weeks while contractors work on the Beaver Creek Bridge. The road will be closed from the junction of Highway 385 and Highway 87 to the Rankin Ridge Fire Tower access road.

This $4.8 million rehabilitation of Highway 87 will continue through next August. The project’s general contractor, the Hills Materials Company, will require an additional road closure in January when work begins on the Pigtail Bridge. This second closure could last eight weeks. Resurfacing of Highway 87 and the north and south access roads into the visitor center will begin next spring. There will be no road closures during this time, but 30 minute delays will be possible.

“This project will fulfill much needed rehabilitation of park roads including repairs on the two historic bridges,” said superintendent Linda L. Stoll. “Both bridges will now be able to handle legal loads, improving safety for both large vehicles and passenger cars.”

For more information, call the park at 605-745-4600.