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Main highway to Fargo closed

By: Staff Writer

31/03/2009 7:55 AM | Comments: 0

This black and white satellite image taken Sunday March 29 shows the Red River and areas of flooding in Fargo, N.D. (DIGITALGLOBE / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Highway I-29 is closed for long stretches between Grand Forks and Fargo this morning, with travel not advised in most of the southern half of storm-swept North Dakota.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation said driving conditions are good from the Canadian border south to the Grafton turnoff.

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The I-29 highway is flooded from the Minto interchange south to Grand Forks, although traffic was still being allowed to use the highway as of 7 a.m.

South of Grand Forks, it’s a mess, and from Fargo down to South Dakota, the major interstate is either closed, or motorists are urged not to drive because of ice and snow.

For more information, check www.dot.nd.gov/roadreport/roadreport/roadreportinfo.asp.

In Winnipeg, Courchaine Road from Highway 200 to Turnbull Drive is closed to all but emergency vehicles and school buses.

The Manitoba Highways department has closed a number of roads, including Highway 238 in the vicinity of Lockport, because of water on the road.

The following are open only to local traffic:
- Highway 201 for 17.9 kilometres east of Highway 31, south of Morden near the U.S. border;
- Highway 350 from 10 km south of MacGregor for the next 18 km.;
- Highway 564 from Bradwardine to Highway 21; and
- Road 622 linking Highway 311 to Niverville.

city.desk@freepress.mb.ca

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