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Thank you for your interest in the Beartooth Highway. You are receiving this email because you and/or your organization have expressed an interest in construction projects, road conditions, and other happenings along the Beartooth Highway that affect travel during the busy summer/fall travel season.
Beartooth Highway - Spring Opening   
The historic opening date for the Beartooth Highway is the Friday before Memorial Day weekend.

In 2014 - Friday, May 23, 2014

Every effort will be made to have the Beartooth Highway open on schedule.  This opening date is dependent on winter snowfall accumulations at high elevations, weather conditions leading up to opening day, and plowing schedules.  Updates and schedule changes will be posted to the Beartooth Highway website and distributed via this Friends of the Beartooth Highway RoadReport e-newsletter as quickly as they become available.

Stay in touch at beartoothhighway.com

Yellowstone National Park Service is responsible for clearing winter snow from the Highway beginning at the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone Park to the Wyoming/Montana state line close to Beartooth Pass. The Montana Department of Transportation is responsible for clearing winter snow, debris, and rock slides from the Highway along the section of Highway in Montana south of Red Lodge to the Montana/Wyoming state line.

FAQ of the Month - Watch the Plows!  
Many of you have been calling and emailing to ask if there is a way to watch the springtime plowing on the Beartooth Highway.  Here are some great links that will keep you in touch and fired up about your 2014 summer trip!

Montana DOT Videos
The Montana Department of Transportation posts daily video updates showing plowing progress on the switchback section of the Beartooth Highway south of Red Lodge, Montana.  Check them out here.  Thanks MTDOT for all of your amazing work!

http://www.youtube.com/user/MontanaDOT/videos

Yellowstone National Park Plowing videos
Yellowstone National Park crews are already hard at work in plowing roads inside of the Park in anticipation of springtime road openings.  Watch their progress here:  

 
Cooke City, Montana webcams
These Cooke City webcams will give you an idea of how conditions look close to the Northeast Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. 

Soda Butte Lodge :  http://www.cookecity.com/
Cooke City Exxon:  http://www.cookecityexxon.com/ 
 
Kim Capron - Friends of the Beartooth All-American Road
Beartooth Highway Construction Update    
Long Lake Bridge Replacement Project

The Long Lake Bridge Replacement Project is scheduled for completion during the early summer months in 2014.    It is expected there will be minimal disruption to Beartooth Highway traffic as final touches are made and the entire project is completed.

Remaining work includes some masonry work, back fill work and landscaping. 

More detailed information will be available as construction crews arrive on the Beartooth Highway to begin work and updates will be made available on the Beartooth Highway website at beartoothhighway.com and on the Beartooth Highway Project Hotline - 888-285-4636.

The Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Forest Service, and National Park Service would like to thank you for your patience as we improve the Beartooth Highway! 
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Enjoy your visit to the Beartooth Highway - Montana & Wyoming's spectacular All-American Road!

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