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Showing entries for Category: I25

POSTED June 17, 6:45 AM

Summer in Colorado is the busy season for road crews and there are several projects that could trip you up and slow you down this week.

Two repaving projects are in full swing on I-25 near downtown. Each night (Sunday thru Thursday), crews close lanes and set up cones as they continue to repave the highway, between Santa Fe and 6^th Ave. and from Speer to Park Ave.

Down on the south side of town this week, a late night project will cause some ramp closures at I-25 and 470. CDOT is replacing some of those huge highway signs.

This Wednesday night (6/18) into Thursday morning (6/19), the ramps from eastbound C-470 and westbound E-470 to southbound I-25 will be closed. Motorists will be detoured via northbound I-25 to Dry Creek Rd. where they can then return to southbound.

The next night, the ramp from southbound I-25 to C-470 and E-470 will be closed. Motorists will be detoured via southbound I-25 to Lincoln Ave. where they can return to northbound I-25 and back to the E-470 and C-470 ramps.

Both nights, the work starts at midnight and should be finished by 5:30am.

“Crooked as a dog’s hind leg”

One of my granddad’s favorite sayings is a great way to describe highway 6 and 119 as it snakes through Clear Creek Canyon and up toward the casinos in Blackhawk and Central City. This week, CDOT’s big bulldozers will start to make the drive to the gambling towns a little safer.

At first, crews are doing some preliminary work on 119, about a mile north of the US 6/Highway 119 junction. The highway will be down to one lane south of Blackhawk as they build a paved detour around the site. Then in July, they will blast part of the mountain away so they can take out a curve and straighten the highway.

Project hours are 4 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday and I will warn you before the blasting starts next month.

Categories: highway construction , E-470 , I-25 , Blackhawk , US 6 , highway 119 , C-470.

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Too Much Snow and A New Night Time Cone Zone For I-25

POSTED May 12, 8:39 AM

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Cone Zones Everywhere!!!

POSTED May 8, 7:47 AM

This week, the summer repair season really gets going. Here are a couple to watch out for.I-25 to I-76You will run into backups as CDOT repairs the expansion joints between the slabs of concrete on the ramp from southbound I-25 to eastbound... Read More

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Float To Work Day on I-25

POSTED May 7, 7:27 AM

We crawled through a rain soaked commute this morning. Standing water on northbound I-25 flooded out the ramp to westbound 6th Avenue again. We get a lot of big storms during the spring and summer and this ramp has been flooding out for years.Welcome... Read More

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Top 5 Places In Colorado Where the Speed Limit is Too Slow

POSTED April 25, 8:38 AM

Let’s face it. A lot of people do not obey the speed limits…ever.One of the worst places is on I-25, between Belleview and Broadway. Since TREX added those extra lanes, a lot of people bust the speed limit through there and a lot... Read More

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D-REX is Coming At You, Douglas County

POSTED April 17, 6:08 AM

T-REX fixed the Tec Center drive on I-25. When everything was finished, I-25 was modernized with new interchanges and extra lanes, making the drive from County Line to Broadway almost enjoyable. Now, it is your turn Douglas County.Starting... Read More

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An Open Letter To Carmelo Anthony

POSTED April 14, 3:45 PM

Dude… I just heard you got busted for DUI early this morning. The cops pulled you over on I-25 at 20th Street because your silver Mercedes was weaving a bit and you had your high beams on. It was 4 in the morning. They look... Read More

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