Tag: Highway Closure
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Eastbound Interstate 76 closed due to multiple-vehicle crash
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 were closed Monday morning after a multi-vehicle crash in Commerce City. At about 4:23 a.m. Monday, Colorado State Patrol trooppers responded to the crash on I-76 just east of 88th Avenue. At least five vehicles and a semi truck hauling a trailer were involved in the crash, according to…
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Westbound I-70 to close for two nights at Floyd Hill for bridge work
Colorado Department of Transportation crews will shut westbound Interstate 70 overnight Monday and Tuesday to erect temporary supports for a new cast-in-place concrete bridge over the highway. The full closures run from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. between the U.S. Highway 6 interchange at exit 244 near Idaho Springs. Drivers must exit, turn left under…
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US 285 reopens after 14-hour closure following deadly crash involving semi truck
The Colorado State Patrol said a semi-truck went off the edge of the road and dumped its load of pipe and angle iron on top of five other vehicles.
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Drivers cautioned about sun glare safety closures on eastbound Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill
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Eastbound drivers on Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill should be aware that the Colorado Department of Transportation often closes the highway from sunrise until about 8:30 a.m. because of blinding sun glare from November through February. The sun’s angle, in combination with the hill and the highway’s configuration, can create a blinding sun glare for…
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Colorado Highway 7 opened after rock slide
Colorado Highway 7 re-opened Saturday morning after a rock slide closed it for almost two weeks. A massive rock slide at mile marker 23 between Lyons and Allenspark early on June 14 blocked road with rocks and boulders — some the size of a fire truck. Clean up was expected to last through June 28,…
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Highway near Vail reopens after avalanche causes closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Highway 24 westbound was closed due to an avalanche near Vail, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. At 2:24 p.m. Wednesday, CDOT officials said via Twitter the highway was closed between Eagle River and Forest Service Road 762, which is at mile point…
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Several fish killed after tanker crashes, spills up to 1,000 gallons of gas near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Highway 36 will be closed during daylight hours for the next several days as crews work to clean up a major gasoline spill from a rolled tanker near Lyons that resulted in an extensive fish kill. The tanker rolled aboiut noon Tuesday on Highway 36…