I-90 Bridge Closed Until April; Locals on East Side Develop Entire Alternate Civilization
The Bear Canyon bridge on Interstate 90, closed since last Wednesday after a semi hauling an excavator collided with the overpass, will reportedly remain impassable until April, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
In the six days since the closure, residents east of the bridge have already formed a provisional government, elected a council of elders, and begun minting their own currency backed by the “elk standard.”
“We’ve been cut off from civilization for nearly a week now,” said Harold Dimsworth, a retired plumber from the Bridger Creek area who has assumed the title of Trade Minister. “We’ve rationed the propane. We’re down to our last 14 cases of Busch Light. If the bridge isn’t fixed soon, we’ll have to start drinking IPAs, and nobody wants that.”