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Show U.i Highway 40 open to Utah recreation area It has been discovered that a large number of travelers are under the impression that U.S. 40 near Vernal was washed out by the flash floods in early June to the point that members mem-bers of the Utah travel industry indus-try in the Dinosaurland area report a decline in tourist traffic. traf-fic. It is announced this week however, that Highway 40 is open to Denver and beyond, and that traffic is in no way hampered in the Vernal and Flaming Gorge areas. Flash flood damage was isolated to' State Highway 44, and the Sheep Creek Ca nyon areas. The Utah Highway Information Department reports that repair to the road will be so expensive that they may not reopen it for at least three years. But this in no way affects travel through Vernal and to Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. |