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Show Cedar Breaks Road Opens As Detour One of the earliest openings ever of Utah Highway 148, the Cedar Breaks Road through Cedar Breaks National Monument, was announced an-nounced this week by the Utah Department De-partment of TransportaUon. The road, closed in the winter, generally docs not open until late May or mid-June. It will be used as a detour around the rock slide that closed Utah Highway 14 eight miles east of Cedar City The road connects H.ghway 14 (Cedar Canyon) at mile-post 17.9 with Highway 143 (Parowan Canyon) at milcpost 19.0. A weight restriction of five tons per axle with a maximum vehicle length of 45 feet will apply to the section of highway to minimize pavement damage. Si ens have been posted by UDOT at appropriate locations to ISfiheSvcIing public of the restriction. Highway 143, which connects Pancuitch with Parowan v. a Pan - guuen iaKC, will be dcsi0 one of Utah's scenic T when the state's maps ar vised. It has been a nlW. with Cedar City thfiS Breaks to 1-15, but with 1 C rock slide, travelers wilit through Parowan to I-15 |