Western Nebraska is showing signs of recovery after a snowstorm dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas, causing road closures and power outages.

Stretches of Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 30 from Big Springs west to the Wyoming state line reopened late Friday afternoon. Blowing snow had made travel hazardous.

Officials with a south-central Nebraska utility district also were making progress on restoring power to nearly 1,100 customers. Power was knocked out as snow piled up on lines, which were then shaken by wind gusting to 40 mph.

A news release from the Dawson Public Power District says crews restored power to more than 600 homes. As of 5 p.m. about 400 customers remained without power in the Maxwell and Brady areas.

The National Weather Service measured 12.6 inches of snow at its North Platte office. Schools through the region closed and some high school football playoff games were delayed to Saturday.

Transportation officials reopened a 35-mile span of Interstate 25 from Wellington in northern Colorado to Cheyenne, but U.S. 85 north of Cheyenne remained closed.

Highways in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, including Interstates 70 and 76, also reopened.

The storm, which began Tuesday, had spread three feet of snow and left much higher drifts across parts of northern Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.

About 15 inches fell in the Deadwood, South Dakota area causing officials to shut down Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It reopened Friday morning.