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Highways 96 and 165 in Colorado's Cluster County were impacted after actively falling rocks made the roads unsafe. Video shows terrifying rockslide in Colorado that forced highway closures Skip to ...
After a mudslide stranded over 100 motorists overnight and indefinitely shutdown a major interstate in Colorado on Thursday, the state is preparing to issue a state and federal disaster declaration.
Gusty winds and bone-dry conditions helped spread a grassfire that broke out south of Chicago on Tuesday, shutting down part of Interstate 74 due to smoky conditions, officials said.
The closures and evacuations resulted in cancelations on hotel and resort rooms by visitors in Glenwood Springs, exacerbating economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] Due to the closure of Interstate 70 and other roads, local businesses were unable to keep groceries, pet food and other items in stock, resulting in empty shelves.
After the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire, I-70 was closed in Glenwood Canyon in August 2021 due to significant damage by debris from the fire, causing large detours. [56] The damage after the 2021 landslides required lengthy reconstruction of the road; the highway partially reopened on August 14, 2021.
On October 16, U.S. Route 34, a main east-west highway artery into Estes Park, was closed due to extreme fire behavior and emergency operations. [28] By Sunday October 18, the fire had grown another 30,000 acres and became the first fire in Colorado history to surpass 200,000 acres burned.
Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked a massive fire in a suburban area near Denver that burned neighborhoods to the ground and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings.
The longest highway in the state is Interstate 70 which has a span of 449.51 miles (723.42 km) that runs west to east across the state, serving Grand Junction, Denver, Aurora, and Limon. Interstate 270, I-70's only auxiliary route in Colorado, is the shortest interstate highway in the state, spanning about 7 miles (11 km).