Trucks begin moving in shifts on ice-plagued Dalton Highway

The Alaska Department of Transportation says the Dalton Highway has been reopened to limited traffic.
The department Sunday announced the road to North Slope oil fields was opened at 8:30 a.m. to 30 northbound trucks carrying what had been identified as the most critical loads.
If an inspection deems the road safe, it will be opened to 30 southbound trucks.
Department officials say they continue to alternate north- and southbound travel in groups between inspections as long as road conditions remain stable.
A 15-mile stretch of the northern end of the road has been impassible for a week because of unprecedented overflow from a river.
The department reports there are 28 people and 26 pieces of equipment working to keep the road open.