Main east-west highway through Jasper National Park, which opened last week to large commercial trucks, will open to commercial traffic on Friday
The Athabasca Glacier, centre, part of the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Alta., is seen in moonlight on May 7, 2014. Parks Canada says parts of the Icefields Parkway are expected to reopen Friday thanks to recent progress made in wildfire prevention.The main east-west highway through Jasper National Park is expected to reopen to all traffic Friday – the first time since a wildfire forced 25,000 people to flee more than two weeks ago.
However, certain sections of that highway were expected to reopen to general traffic starting Friday. Flames damaged several bridges in the area, including the Moberly Bridge and the Old Fort Point Bridge.
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