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Forest Service Road 085 in American Fork Canyon has reopened after extensive repairs.

The road was closed due to damage from a heavy winter snowpack in the Narrows.

Reconstruction was funded by $850,000 in grants, with backing from local officials and road enthusiasts.

PROVO — For the first time in years, a popular trail road is buzzing again with the sound of dirt bikes and off-highway vehicles in American Fork Canyon.

Forest Service Road 085, a mountain dirt road that connects Utah and Wasatch counties, has reopened after a long closure.

The road — loved by riders, campers and sightseers — had been shut down after its Narrows section was sloughed downslope during a heavy winter snowpack.

"It took away half the road," said Brett Stewa

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