Show High Water Closes Road The river highway b between tween Moab and Castle valley alley Was seas closed by the risen rising waters of the Colorado river rivet Monday and it I Is probable that th the road will willbe be Under tinder water In many places lates for several weeks All traffic over the river road rond has Ihas been stop stopped ed ant and the haul haul- haulIng haulIng Ing of uranium ore ote from Polar mesa is Js at ata a standstill An alternate alter nate route to Castle valley by byway byway byway way of Brumley ridge e and Wil Wilson son mesa was opened to light traffic Tuesday Due to the fact that this road is muddy in spots only cars and pickups are allowed over It Until this week this road was blocked by snow now and was opened up by a bulldozer bull dozer doer the tho first of the week by the La Sal National Forest to provide an alternate route Into the Castle valley area Th The Colorado river rIvel has risen steadily during the past week and now stands at the 8 foot S' foot footmark mark on the Moab bridge The highest mark ever Reached on the bridge was 10 feet teet and It Is feared that this mark may be reached or exceeded this spring Usually the peak of the high highwater highwater highwater water in the Colorado river Is reached between the of May and the of June J. J Willard Nichols state road maintenance sup supervisor Is keepIng keep keep- Ing a sharp watch 01 on the Moab bridge Guards are arc employed 24 hours a a. day on the tile bridge to keep drift wood from lodging on the piers Crest of the he high water today is about five feet below the floor of the bridge Hundreds of acres s of lower Moab valley lands lands' are under underwater underwater underwater water but no unusual damage has a as yet been suffered |