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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.
The Grizzly Creek Fire (also called the 120 Fire) [2] was a wildfire that burned 32,631 acres (13,205 ha) in Glenwood Canyon in the state of Colorado in the United States. The fire first ignited on August 10, 2020 and was declared 100% contained on December 18, 2020.
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.
The first call went to Lakewood Emergency Officials around 4:50 p.m. [8] Interstate 70 was officially closed eastbound and westbound at Colorado Mills Parkway by the Colorado Department of Transportation at 5:03 p.m. [10] Interstate 70 would later be closed from Exit 261 to Exit 265 at 6:24 p.m. [11] The fire wasn't fully under control and able ...
One person died and another was hospitalized after a vehicle and a tanker truck crashed on Colorado's main east-west highway near Denver on Thursday, sending up a fireball and a huge plume of ...
Editor's note: The April 2 road closure mentioned in a previous version of this article was canceled by the department due to inclement weather. Other portions of the schedule have also been adjusted.
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).