Interstate 90

Late-season snowstorm heading to Rockies

Plow truck clearing a snowy Montana highway.

Truckers will probably have to chain up Friday as a late-season storm dumps heavy snow in the northern Rockies.

The storm will begin Thursday night, possibly as a mix of rain and snow, turning to all snow Friday as temperatures drop.

Related: 5 states with toughest chain laws for truckers

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for parts of western Montana, including the Butte, Helena and Great Falls areas. By the time the storm fades late Friday afternoon, places above...

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-39 serves rural Illinois and Wisconsin

Trucks head south on I-39. (Photo: crosscountryroads.com)

This is the latest in a FreightWaves Classics series about the U.S. Interstate Highway System (IHS). The series began with a profile of Interstate 2 (I-2) and has covered each interstate in numerical order. Today’s article profiles I-39, which serves two states in the Midwest – Illinois and Wisconsin.

On February 17, a multi-vehicle “mass collision” occurred on I-39 near El Paso, Illinois. According to the Illinois State Police, the crash scene was several hundred yards long and involved about...

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