Dust blinds drivers on I-401 min read

The Arizona Department of Transportation is reporting poor visibility due to high winds and blowing dust between Flagstaff and Winslow on Interstate 40.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety  and ADOT are currently escorting traffic through a four-mile segment of Interstate 40 close to the Junction of State Route 99.

Public safety is ADOT’s highest priority and the situation is being monitored closely, according to a press release. The highway is open, but traffic is being slowed and escorted through the area until visibility improves.

Drivers can get the latest information about highway restrictions via ADOT’s Travel Information site at www.az511.com or by calling 5-1-1.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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