EDMONTON – One of the main routes from Alberta into British Columbia is shut down heading into the long weekend because of a “vehicle incident.”
The Yellowhead/Highway 16 is closed in both directions about 50 kilometres east of the Tete Jaune Cache Highway 5 junction. The scene is about 28 kilometres west of the provincial border.
The road is expected to be reopened at 2 p.m. PST/3 p.m. MST.
No easy alternate routes are available. Drivers can detour at Jasper on Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway) to Lake Louise.
The exact time and details of what happened is not yet known, but an alert went up on the DriveBC website just after 6:30 am PST.
More to come…