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I-40 westbound in Gallup reopens after overnight closure
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Interstate 40 reopened in western New Mexico early Friday morning.
At about 8 p.m. Thursday, I-40 westbound was shutdown from mile marker 26 in Gallup into Arizona due to a snowstorm that produced as much as 2 feet of snow in mountainous areas in northern Arizona, according to the Associated Press.
New Mexico Department of Transportation spokeswoman Delane Baros told the Journal that I-40 was expected to re-open at 8 a.m. Friday.
During the closure, people heading toward Arizona on I-40 were instructed to travel down I-25 then take I-10, she said.
"All the side roads can't take a lot of traffic," she said.
