Several connector roads are opening just in time for Memorial Day traffic
Independence Pass
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Second mudslide from Grizzly Creek burn scar closes I-70 through Glenwood Canyon
Editor’s Note: Interstate 70 has since re-opened. Find the latest story here. A second weekend mudslide flowing from the Grizzly Creek burn scar closed Interstate 70 in both directions through Glenwood Canyon on Sunday. The highway was closed in both directions between the West Rifle and Dotsero exits after muddy debris covered an area in […]
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Mount Evans Highway, Independence Pass into Aspen will remain closed because of coronavirus
ASPEN — The Colorado Department of Transportation has announced that Colorado 82 over Independence Pass will remain closed until at least June 1 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The highway usually opens the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, which would have been May 21 this year. But multiple counties requested the closure be extended to curtail […]
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The most thrilling commute in Colorado: How Grizzly Reservoir’s caretakers keep water flowing
TWIN LAKES — As the speedometer reaches 45 mph, Glenn Schryver turns off his headlights. The blackness is absolute in the arrow-straight tunnel a couple thousand feet beneath the Continental Divide. The engine roars, reverberating off the walls only a few inches from the sides of Schryver’s rushing pickup. “OK, I’m getting creeped out,” he […]