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Highway 140 Closed and More Dog Rock Fire Information
Here’s the latest on the Dog Rock Fire including road closures in effect.
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Highway 140 Opening Tomorrow – Use Caution
Highway 140 will be open to all traffic starting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30, at 6 am for eastbound traffic and 6:45 am for westbound traffic. Use extra caution–fire crews and vehicles may be present on the road.
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Highway 140 Closed Due to Fire
Highway 140 is closed west of El Portal due to a fire burning outside of Yosemite National Park. Currently there is no access to Yosemite Valley from Mariposa via Highway 140. Highways 41 and 120 are open to Yosemite Valley. For more information on the Highway 140 road closure call Caltrans at (800)427-7623
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Highway 140 Closed and an Alternate Route into Yosemite
Highway 140 into Yosemite is now closed in both directions. Westbound (leaving) traffic is being stopped at Cedar Lodge in El Portal and turned around. If you had planned on taking 140 into the park turn east on Highway 49 and continue on to Oakhurst. In Oakhurst turn left at the light (Highway 41) and…
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Sierra Club Calls Highway 140 Fix ‘Ridiculous’
Merced Sun Star: Fearing danger to motorists and damage to a scenic river canyon, some environmentalists say the state is moving too quickly to rebuild the western route into Yosemite National Park. That’s a new twist in the story of a massive [rockslide] that shut down Highway 140 for months in 2006 and slowed hundreds…
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Highway 140 Opened Just In Time For Memorial Day
Dane from over at the Business-Opportunities weblog sent me a note to let me know Caltrans has opened Highway 140 from Mariposa to El Portal and into Yosemite. You may remember this section of road was closed due to several rock slides along the road the most major blocking both lanes. Technorati Tags: roads
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Highway 140 from Merced/Mariposa Update
Looks like the road is going to be closed until atleast Tuesday because of the rockslide. If you were planning on entering the park this way it is recommended you take either the 41 entrance from the south or Highway 120 from San Francisco or the west. Technorati Tags: roads, travel, yosemite
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Rockfall Closes Highway 140
A major rockfall closed a section of Highway 140 just outside the park. I don’t have word whether or not it’s open yet but they were trying to have it cleaned up and passable by late yesterday afternoon. Here’s the official word from the NPS. I’ll post more info as I have it. Yosemite National…
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Road Report: Highway 140 Repairs Underway
Headed up to Yosemite Valley on Highway 140 out of Merced and Mariposa? Be prepared for a short wait. Road crews are busily patching and sealing the El Portal road between the Big Oak Flat Road Junction and the Yosemite View Lodge just outside the park entrance. The road work is scheduled to take place…
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Highways 120 and 140 Closed due to snow and rocks
If you’re planning on heading up to Yosemite Valley best check the road conditions before you head out.