GDG- FW: Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg Battlefield To Close for Two Weeks

Tue Feb 5 08:37:16 CST 2008

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From: Katie_Lawhon at nps.gov [mailto:Katie_Lawhon at nps.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:06 AM
Subject: Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg Battlefield To Close for Two Weeks

National Park Service

 U.S. Department of the        Gettysburg            97 Taneytown Road    
 Interior                      National Military     Gettysburg, PA 17325 
                               Park                                       
                                                     717/334-1124 phone   
                                                     717/ 334-1891 fax    

Gettysburg National Military Park News Release

For Release: February 5, 2008
Contact: Katie Lawhon
Phone: 717/ 334-1124 x452

                Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg Battlefield

                          To Close for Two Weeks

Beginning Wednesday, February 6, historic Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg

National Military Park will close for approximately two weeks, National

Park Service officials have announced.

The closure is necessary to allow access for a crane which will dismantle

the 6th New York Cavalry monument which was severely damaged by lightning

strike on October 9, 2007. The crane is dissembling the monument as the

first step in rebuilding and repairing it.

Cars following the auto tour route will be rerouted to Doubleday Avenue and

Robinson Avenue. Busses following the auto tour route will be rerouted to

Herr’s Ridge Road to Mummasburg Road. The National Park Service will reopen

Buford Avenue on Saturday and Sundays during the period.

For more information contact 717/ 334-1124.

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