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Rock Slide Closes Trans-Canada Between Revelstoke, Golden, Until Further Notice

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Oct, 2017 11:18 AM
    VANCOUVER — Highways officials estimate it will be at least mid-afternoon before the Trans-Canada Highway is open again through southeastern British Columbia.
     
    A rock slide severed the route between Revelstoke and Golden on Tuesday evening.
     
    Geotechnical engineers have reached the scene.
     
    A notice posted by the online traveller information site DriveBC says the situation is being assessed.
     
    A 147 kilometre stretch of Highway 1 remains closed.
     
    No alternate route is available.

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