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I-70 reopens after mudslide near Glenwood Springs

Interstate 70 fully reopened late Saturday night after a mudslide shut down portions of the road, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced.

A mudslide 70 feet wide and 5 to 7 feet deep closed portions of I-70 on Saturday afternoon, after a flash flood warning was issued for the Grizzly Creek fire burn scar in Glenwood Canyon.

About 3:10 p.m., officials tweeted that eastbound lanes had been closed east of Glenwood Springs. Four minutes later, they tweeted that westbound travel had also been closed off.

By 6:30 p.m., eastbound I-70 had been reopened, and by 10:20 p.m. westbound traffic to was reopened in Glenwood Canyon, the agency said.

No one was injured in the mudslide, and no vehicles were trapped under the debris, officials said.

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Mudslide in Glenwood Canyon (CDOT)
Mudslide in Glenwood Canyon (CDOT)
Mudslide in Glenwood Canyon (CDOT)
Mudslide in Glenwood Canyon (CDOT)
I-70 was closed in Garfield County Saturday after a mudslide east of Glenwood Springs
I-70 was closed in Garfield County Saturday after a mudslide east of Glenwood Springs


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