Overnight closures near DIA scheduled for Saturday
Brad Ferguson
Several ramps will be closed near Denver International Airport beginning Saturday night as crews install overhead signs.
Beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday, the Jackson Gap Street off-ramp from Peña Boulevard and the return-to-terminal loop will close. They are expected to reopen at 4 a.m. on Sunday.
During the closure, drivers will be detoured to the exit at Final Approach — the cell phone waiting lot — and directed to 78th Street.
The work is apart of the larger Peña Boulevard Improvement project that has added two lanes on the Jackson Gap Street off-ramp and built the new free-flowing return-to-terminal loop.
The improvement are also apart of the airport’s Vision 100 Plan, which focuses on preparing the airport to effectively serve 100 million annual passengers in 10 years, according to a release.
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