The closure will pinch recreational access to Mount Rainier National Park, rendering two of its precious few entrance points inaccessible heading into summer.

Washington State Department of Transportation closed the Carbon River Fairfax Bridge. Now parts of the Mount Rainier National Park are inaccessible.

In a huge blow to hikers, access to the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park has been closed, after the discovery of serious damage to an old bridge.