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Work Continues on I-35 at Rock Slide

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UNDATED (AP) — A section of a major highway that connects Oklahoma City and Dallas remains closed as transportation officials assess how to prevent further rockslides following heavy rainfall.

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety is urging motorists to avoid Interstate 35 in southern Oklahoma. Drivers traveling northbound through the Arbuckle Mountains must make a 4 mile detour while crews repair the road following an earlier rockslide that blocked the highway.

Engineers are evaluating ways to reopen the highway, including one lane of traffic in each direction. But closure of the highway's northbound lanes is expected to continue for many days due to unsafe conditions.

Officials say drivers and truck traffic traveling through Oklahoma should use US-81 or US-69 as alternate routes. Numerous other highways are closed due to high water.