The Washington Monument will be closed indefinitely until the Park Service can overhaul the popular tourist attraction’s elevator system, the service announced Monday.
“We have not been able to determine the causes of the ongoing reliability issues,” National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said. “As a result, we have made the difficult decision not to reopen the Washington Monument until we can modernize the elevator control system.”
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