Any roads closed due to COVID-19?

[Mapmikey]

So I was wondering after this conversation with her:  are the roads into any national parks closed?

Southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which goes to Great Smoky Mountains NP. I don't know if Newfound Gap Road (the link between US 441 at Cherokee and Gatlinburg) is physically barricaded off or not. Nor for the road through Mammoth Cave that connects separate segments of KY 70.

There appear to be a few other roads closed in that area according to Google Maps Traffic, such as TN-165/NC-143 at the state line, US-129 near Cheoah Dam (Tail of the Dragon appears open), and US-19/US-74 between Topton and Wesser in western NC

Per NCDOT, US 441 from BRP to Tenn is closed as is NC 128.

All the other closures in southwestern NC (including US 129 at state line) are checkpoints allowing only residents or otherwise allowable (perhaps commercial pass-through) entry into counties out there.

[sparker]

Because of a clustered outbreak at the ski resort there, CA 203 into Mammoth Lakes has been closed to all but permanent residents on the orders of the Mono County health department; their town hospital is inadequate to handle the issue, so affected persons are being moved to Reno or, in some cases, airlifted to other in-state hospitals.  Ski season had already been underway there when the statewide shelter order was issued; some chose to stay there rather than return to homes in then-more-affected areas -- and that situation apparently resulted in viral spread locally.  Not by any means a good situation in a relatively isolated (but intermittently heavily populated) area.       

[wxfree]

All of the roads into Gallup, New Mexico, have been closed to stop the uninhibited spread of the virus.  It's described as "a crisis of the highest order."

The county has 1,116 positives out of 6,482 tests.  With such a high positive rate, they're probably missing a lot.  On April 20, they had a little over 400 cases.  They have more confirmed cases than (and more than half as many deaths as) Bernalillo County, with nearly 10 times the population.  They have a 1.56% infection rate in the county (I don't know how many of the cases are in the city, but it has less than a third of the county population).  For comparison, New York City has a 2.1% infection rate, New York State is at 1.6% and New Mexico has a 0.18% rate.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/new-mexico-town-lockdown-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

Edit: One news story mentions that I-40 is open to through traffic.  Presumably, they've closed the exits.

Another edit: This map can show numbers by ZIP code.  87301 seems to include most of Gallup (population 21,678) and some outlying areas, and has 241 confirmed cases.  Nearby, 87305 has another 132 and 87311 another 92.

https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html

[Kniwt]

All of the roads into Gallup, New Mexico, have been closed to stop the uninhibited spread of the virus.  It's described as "a crisis of the highest order."

Edit: One news story mentions that I-40 is open to through traffic.  Presumably, they've closed the exits.

The "Riot Control Act" has been invoked. Really. Here's what NMRoads is showing for the area.


And here are the checkpoint locations:

[Kniwt]

And the Navajo Times is reporting that, although I-40 remains open to through traffic, US 491 does not ... and the barrier is just two miles short of Gallup, with officers forcing travelers on a lengthy detour on unmarked roads.
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/police-send-travelers-on-lengthy-detour-to-avoid-gallup/

New Mexico State Police charged with keeping traffic out of Gallup  are directing southbound travelers on U.S. Highway 491 on a 78-mile detour through the Navajo Nation, and, according to conversations overheard on the police scanner, some are getting lost.

From the state police checkpoint on 491, I-40 is less than two miles away, but through-travelers are told to go through Twin Lakes, Crownpoint and meet the interstate at Thoreau. The route requires knowledge of the reservation roads that often do not have road signs.

[Max Rockatansky]

And the Navajo Times is reporting that, although I-40 remains open to through traffic, US 491 does not ... and the barrier is just two miles short of Gallup, with officers forcing travelers on a lengthy detour on unmarked roads.
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/police-send-travelers-on-lengthy-detour-to-avoid-gallup/

New Mexico State Police charged with keeping traffic out of Gallup  are directing southbound travelers on U.S. Highway 491 on a 78-mile detour through the Navajo Nation, and, according to conversations overheard on the police scanner, some are getting lost.

From the state police checkpoint on 491, I-40 is less than two miles away, but through-travelers are told to go through Twin Lakes, Crownpoint and meet the interstate at Thoreau. The route requires knowledge of the reservation roads that often do not have road signs.

Looks like there is an escort plan in the works.  Either way some of those BIA roads in the area are absolutely terrible and may require high clearance.  Getting to I-40 for the sake of a long distance route isn't too bad if you know the State Highways in New Mexico and Arizona. 

[ftballfan]

And the Navajo Times is reporting that, although I-40 remains open to through traffic, US 491 does not ... and the barrier is just two miles short of Gallup, with officers forcing travelers on a lengthy detour on unmarked roads.
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/police-send-travelers-on-lengthy-detour-to-avoid-gallup/

New Mexico State Police charged with keeping traffic out of Gallup  are directing southbound travelers on U.S. Highway 491 on a 78-mile detour through the Navajo Nation, and, according to conversations overheard on the police scanner, some are getting lost.

From the state police checkpoint on 491, I-40 is less than two miles away, but through-travelers are told to go through Twin Lakes, Crownpoint and meet the interstate at Thoreau. The route requires knowledge of the reservation roads that often do not have road signs.

Looks like there is an escort plan in the works.  Either way some of those BIA roads in the area are absolutely terrible and may require high clearance.  Getting to I-40 for the sake of a long distance route isn't too bad if you know the State Highways in New Mexico and Arizona. 

If heading to I-40 westbound, NM/AZ 264 to US-191 should work, unless the checkpoint is north of NM 264.

From northwest New Mexico, one should probably just take NM 371 or US-550 if heading to Albuquerque or points east.

[RobbieL2415]

And the Navajo Times is reporting that, although I-40 remains open to through traffic, US 491 does not ... and the barrier is just two miles short of Gallup, with officers forcing travelers on a lengthy detour on unmarked roads.
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/police-send-travelers-on-lengthy-detour-to-avoid-gallup/

New Mexico State Police charged with keeping traffic out of Gallup  are directing southbound travelers on U.S. Highway 491 on a 78-mile detour through the Navajo Nation, and, according to conversations overheard on the police scanner, some are getting lost.

From the state police checkpoint on 491, I-40 is less than two miles away, but through-travelers are told to go through Twin Lakes, Crownpoint and meet the interstate at Thoreau. The route requires knowledge of the reservation roads that often do not have road signs.

Looks like there is an escort plan in the works.  Either way some of those BIA roads in the area are absolutely terrible and may require high clearance.  Getting to I-40 for the sake of a long distance route isn't too bad if you know the State Highways in New Mexico and Arizona. 

If heading to I-40 westbound, NM/AZ 264 to US-191 should work, unless the checkpoint is north of NM 264.

From northwest New Mexico, one should probably just take NM 371 or US-550 if heading to Albuquerque or points east.

Why not just close the exits off I-40 through Gallup?

[US 89]

And the Navajo Times is reporting that, although I-40 remains open to through traffic, US 491 does not ... and the barrier is just two miles short of Gallup, with officers forcing travelers on a lengthy detour on unmarked roads.
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/police-send-travelers-on-lengthy-detour-to-avoid-gallup/

New Mexico State Police charged with keeping traffic out of Gallup  are directing southbound travelers on U.S. Highway 491 on a 78-mile detour through the Navajo Nation, and, according to conversations overheard on the police scanner, some are getting lost.

From the state police checkpoint on 491, I-40 is less than two miles away, but through-travelers are told to go through Twin Lakes, Crownpoint and meet the interstate at Thoreau. The route requires knowledge of the reservation roads that often do not have road signs.

Looks like there is an escort plan in the works.  Either way some of those BIA roads in the area are absolutely terrible and may require high clearance.  Getting to I-40 for the sake of a long distance route isn’t too bad if you know the State Highways in New Mexico and Arizona. 

If heading to I-40 westbound, NM/AZ 264 to US-191 should work, unless the checkpoint is north of NM 264.

From northwest New Mexico, one should probably just take NM 371 or US-550 if heading to Albuquerque or points east.

Why not just close the exits off I-40 through Gallup?

They did. I-40 is still open to through traffic, but you aren't allowed to exit unless you actually live in Gallup