HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on winter weather in Arizona (all times local):
10 a.m.
Interstate 40 has reopened in both directions in northeastern Arizona after being closed for several hours Thursday morning.
The closure between Holbrook and the Arizona-New Mexico border was due to icy conditions and multiple crashes and slide-offs.
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7:35 a.m.
Westbound Interstate 40 has reopened between Holbrook and the Arizona-New Mexico border after being closed Thursday morning due to icy conditions and multiple crashes and slide-offs, but eastbound I-40 remains closed in the same area of northeastern Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says the closure is roughly from mileposts 289-360 and that there is no estimated time to reopen eastbound lanes.
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6 a.m.
A 68-mile (109-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 40 in northeastern Arizona is closed because of icy conditions and multiple slide-offs and crashes.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says the closure Thursday morning is between near Holbrook and the Arizona-New Mexico border.
The department says workers are working to remove ice from the highway and that there’s no estimate on when it will reopen.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Kameron Lee says the closure follows eight slide-offs, nine non-injury crashes and one injury crash since Wednesday evening.
He says the closure is “a pro-active measure” by authorities who are trying “to avoid any more crashes knowing the icy conditions of the road.”
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This story and its summary has been corrected to reflect that the closed highway was Interstate 40.
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