High water and erosion have closed the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City for an unknown period, as of the evening of May 2. Yukon 511 indicates a washout as the reason for the road closure at kilometre 682, between the turnoff to the Dempster Highway and Rock Creek, starting shortly after 4 p.m. A senior communications advisor in the territorial Department of Health and Social Services provided photos that show water lining and damaging the highway. The road connects the Klondike region to the southern Yukon and Whitehorse. Yukon Highways and Public Works posted to Facebook about the closure this evening at 6 p.m. High water and erosion are affecting the road where a Yukon Highways and Public Works truck is seen. Submitted/Government of Yukon Contact Dana Hatherly at dana.hatherly@yukon-news.com
Washout closes North Klondike Highway near Dawson City indefinitely
