SALT LAKE CITY -- A project to demolish and replace parts of the condemned visitor center at Dinosaur National Monument has gone out to bid.
The project is getting more than $13 million in federal stimulus funds.
The Quarry Visitor Center, which houses the nation's premier quarry of Jurassic-period dinosaur bones, was shuttered more than three years ago because of safety problems. Its closure frustrated paleontologists and dinosaur enthusiasts who have been unable to access its 1,500 dinosaur bones.
Bids for a large-scale rehabilitation went out earlier this month. It's expected to be finished in 2011.
Park officials have also decided to temporarily relocate the visitor center at a former gift shop just outside the park's Utah entrance.
The monument is about 150 miles east of Salt Lake City and straddles the Utah-Colorado line.
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