Early Feb. 20, 2013, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) indefinitely closed a section of US 89 after a 150-foot section of roadway buckled and slid several feet down a steep mountainside known as the “Big Cut” 25 miles south of Page. 

In an effort to keep Coconino County residents, travelers and visitors informed about repairs and traffic information on US 89, the County has established this site. Information contained here is current as of the date posted. 

ADOT has established a webpage dedicated to the US 89 collapse, which can be found by clicking here.

Contact information:
For ADOT travel information dial 5-1-1 from any landline or mobile phone in Arizona or 888-411-ROAD (7623) outside Arizona. Also visit www.az511.gov for travel information.

Page remains open for business and is accessible through two routes:

• Taking US 89 to US 160 through Tuba City and continuing north on US 98.
• Taking US 89A west through Lees Ferry, north to Kanab, Utah and continuing east on US 89. 

 
Click here for a map highlighting routes to Page. Click here for additional route information from ADOT. 

** NOTE: Motorists and heavy-truck traffic are asked NOT to use N20 for access to Page. It is an unpaved, sandy road maintained for local use only!

N20 is not intended for use by large amounts of traffic, especially by semis, many of which have got stuck. **  

A trucker finds himself
stuck on N20.

4/4/13: ADOT - Video - Detours offer access to Northern Arizona communities, businesses near US 89 closure
4/4/13: ADOT - Tourism spots in Northern Arizona remain open despite US 89 closure
3/37/13: ADOT - ADOT opens field office in Page to address community inquiries on US 89 closure
3/27/13: NNDOT - Permission to survey, ROW clearances needed for N20 paving
3/23/13: Arizona Daily Sun - Page desitinations worth the detour
3/21/13: ADOT - ADOT plans shorter detour around US 89 closure
3/21/13: ADOT - Video explaining work being done in March 2013
3/21/13: Associated Press: State weighs using Navajo road as US 89 bypass
 3/14/13: Arizona Daily Sun: Shorter highway 89 detour planned
3/6/13: ADOT - ADOT estimates $35 million in federal aid to repair US 89
3/6/13: Arizona Daily Sun - Rough road ahead: Navajo Route 20 not a good alternative to Highway 89 
3/1/13: Coconino Co. - County declares emergency in US 89 collapse
3/1/13: ADOT - Video on geo-technical assessments on US 89
3/1/13: Governor's Office - RELEASE: Gov. Brewer issues emergency declaration following US 89 collapse
3/1/13: Governor's Office - View actual copy of signed emergency declaration
2/28/13: Lake Powell Chronicle - Federal funds approved for US 89
2/28/13: Arizona Daily Sun - Page declares first state of emergency 
2/27/13: Arizona Daily Sun - ADOT to conduct tests as site of buckled highway
2/26/13: ADOT - Slope damage near US 89 closure is unsafe for pedestrians
2/26/13: ADOT - Drivers have options to avoid US 89 closure south of Page
2/26/13: Navajo Nation - Executive branch leadership meets with chapters affected by US 89 closure
2/26/13: Arizona Daily Sun - Kirkpatrick seeks emergency funds for Highway 89
2/25/13: Lake Powell Chronicle - Update on US89 and N20
2/25/13: AZCentral.com - US 89A near Page remains open despite US 89 collapse
2/22/13: Navajo Nation - Commission of Emergency Management prepares emergency declaration
2/21/13: Coconino Co. - County Aids in US 89 repair Discusssions
2/21/13: ADOT - Video on US 89 repair process
2/21/13: ADOT - US 89 south of Page to remain closed as ADOT assesses damages
2/20/13: ADOT - Video of US 89 collapse flyover
2/20/13: ADOT - Buckled pavement closes US 89 south of Page. 

Special announcement from the Page Unified School District #8.

Effective Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, the pickup times for all students riding routes 14, 15, and 17, serving the Cedar Ridge, Bitter Springs and Marble Canyon areas, will be one hour earlier than their normal time. 

All three routes will leave Bitter Springs Housing at 5:40 a.m., their last stop on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 7:10 a.m. on late-start Wednesdays. The children will be routed to Page via Coppermine Road. Please plan for a later arrival home in the afternoon as well, 45 minutes to an hour and a half later than normal. 

Contact information:
For additional information, call PUSD at 928-608-4100.

For updates via social media follow:

• Coconino County: Facebook - Twitter - YouTube
• ADOT: Facebook - Twitter - YouTube

For updated information on US 89 from ADOT, click here. 

For updated information on all ADOT road projects throughout the Flagstaff District, please click here.