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UPDATE: One lane of Highway 17 now open

A washout due to heavy rain has forced a closure of a section of the Trans-Canada highway.
2015 10 13 road closed 3 turl

WAWA, Ont. -- Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie in the Alona Bay area is open to one lane.

The washout happened Sunday at Alona Bay, which is about 100 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie.

It's expected to take until sometime Monday afternoon to be cleared, and no detour is in place with the highway closure in both directions.

(CKPR)

UPDATE: One lane of Highway 17 now open





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