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Princeton, NJ: ALK Technologies, a provider of transportation information systems and packaged software solutions, has universally addressed the recent Minnesota I-35W Bridge collapse with the necessary routing changes within its PC*MILER and ALK|FleetSuite product lines. Users of ALK's business solutions have been contacted and provided with network update instructions to ALK's industry-leading truck-specific map database. For current users, the map data update is available for download on ALK's online Support Center free of charge.

An alternative to downloading this critical routing patch is to use the product's Avoid/Favor setting. This standard customized routing feature allows users to safely reroute vehicles around closed highways, bridges, tunnels, roads and streets. For more info, visit www.alk.com/pcmiler/avoidfavor.

"PC*MILER has featured avoid/favor and custom routing capabilities for over 10 years," says Ed Siciliano, vice president, sales and marketing for ALK Technologies. "Our map data also includes customer preferred truck routes in the affected area, so we are uniquely qualified to assist in the re-routing project, which is now underway in Minnesota. Routing and mapping aside, our hearts go out to the families involved in this terrible disaster."