A dangerous road on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico is undergoing a $100 million reconstruction.
Tribal and state officials broke ground on the project yesterday. They said fixing a 70-mile stretch of U.S. 491 will improve safety and create jobs for tribal members.
The highway has been the site of many fatal accidents and was known as Devil's Highway because it was numbered U.S. 666. The number was changed last year.
The reconstruction involves widening to four lanes and construction of new bridges in Shiprock. The project will be complete in 2009.
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