From the
El Paso Times - by
Paula Monarez Diaz - The Cliff Dwellings Unit of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will be closed from Oct. 24 to Dec. 24 due to major repairs to the West Fork Bridge on New Mexico Highway 15, one mile south of the Cliff Dwellings, said Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley. The two month closure will allow A.S. Horner, Incorporated of Albuquerque under contract with the New Mexico Department of Transportation to reconstruct the north approach and both abutments of the bridge, damaged by flooding in 2008 and 2010. There will be free guided tours at the TJ Unit of the Monument, an unexcavated 250 room Classic Mimbres pueblo located just east of the Gila Visitor Center. The site is accessible only by guided tour.
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Gila Cliff Dwellings to close for major repairs
From the El Paso Times - by Paula Monarez Diaz - The Cliff Dwellings Unit of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will be closed from Oct. 24 to Dec. 24 due to major repairs to the West Fork Bridge on New Mexico Highway 15, one mile south of the Cliff Dwellings, said Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley. The two month closure will allow A.S. Horner, Incorporated of Albuquerque under contract with the New Mexico Department of Transportation to reconstruct the north approach and both abutments of the bridge, damaged by flooding in 2008 and 2010. There will be free guided tours at the TJ Unit of the Monument, an unexcavated 250 room Classic Mimbres pueblo located just east of the Gila Visitor Center. The site is accessible only by guided tour. Read more
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