Plan on Yellowstone delays

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Visitors to Yellowstone National Park can expect up to 30-minute delays while repairs are made to the Grand Loop Road this spring and summer.

The road is scheduled to open for the year April 17.

Repairs are planned on the road through Gibbon Canyon between Madison and Norris junctions. Park officials say that in addition to the daytime delays, the road will be closed between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. from May 16 through Aug. 16.

No delays or nighttime closures are planned during the Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends.

The road will close to all travel starting Aug. 17 while a bridge is replaced. The road is expected to reopen to snowmobile and snowcoach travel in December.