Major I-70 Closure in Colorado

[TJS23]

I went this way at the beginning of the week, I took US 24 from Limon to Colorado Springs and then up CO 115 to US 50. There was multiple one land road closures with flaggers, but the most I waited was 10-15 minutes, the rest just let us through or there was a short wait. As for the section that is usually closed, it went through a very narrow canyon, I'm not sure what they're trying to do exactly but there was a lot of rocks. It certainly was a long ride but I would recommend it in order to bypass Denver and the long 40 detour. The 50 passes aren't even that bad, I was actually a little disappointed it's not as pretty as 70.

[hbelkins]

Well obviously you would not put that in the damn gully.

You sure aren't going to build it along the ridge, either.  Do you have another idea?

I think he's referring to the waste area for the excess yardage, not the road itself.

[zzcarp]

Good news-they are projecting a partial reopening Saturday. There's a thread of pictures at the Twitter link.

https://twitter.com/nbminor/status/1425497135403790337

[Flint1979]

Right now it's 6 hours from Grand Junction to Denver taking US-50 and US-285.

[zzcarp]

I-70 has reopened with one lane in each direction as of 7:05 am this morning per CDOT.

[MCRoads]

Here is a video of the road as of yesterday:

Surprisingly minor damage, all things considered. I thought for sure the WB lanes were toast, but evidently there was just pavement damage, and the guardrails got destroyed.