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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Several parking lots in Yellowstone National Park will be closed this week so crews can pave them.
Yellowstone has received $3.2 million from a National Park Service program for improving parking lots over two years.
This year, about half of the 5.2 million square feet of deteriorating parking lots in the park will be improved. The parking areas will be leveled, resurfaced and restriped.
The following 24-hour closures will be in effect this week: Artist Point starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday; Inspiration Point starting at 7 a.m. Thursday; and Midway Geyser starting at 7 a.m. Friday.
The closure dates are subject to delays due to weather.
The Old Faithful, Upper and Lower Geyser, Uncle Tom's and Wapiti Lake parking lots have already been completed this year.
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