Eastbound I-70 in Glenwood Canyon to close overnight Wednesday and Friday for emergency repairs

Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 done Glenwood Canyon volition adjacent overnight doubly this week for exigency repairs pursuing large mudslides this summer.

On Wednesday and Friday, the eastbound lanes volition adjacent from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Westbound lanes volition stay open.

This enactment volition let crews to rebuild the eastbound retaining partition that supports the eastbound lanes, CDOT said. Closing that broadside of the interstate volition assistance them decorativeness the enactment up of Thanksgiving, a goal Gov. Jared Polis announced successful mid-August.

Drivers headed eastbound during the closure clip volition request to usage the alternate route: CO 13 Rifle to Craig, eastbound connected US 40 to Steamboat implicit Rabbit Ears Pass to Kremmling down CO 9 to Silverthorne. The eastbound closure starts astatine exit 116 successful Glenwood Springs.

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