A winter storm is expected to snarl travel across Colorado today and Saturday, closing roadways and threatening to make driving difficult or impossible on segments of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70.
Colorado’s Department of Transportation warned that Friday and Saturday, expressing particular concern about I-70 east of Denver and I-25 south of Pueblo.
Update 9 p.m.:
Commercial motor vehicles and vehicles with any type of trailer are banned from traveling on sections of I-70, I-25, U.S. 285, U.S. 40 and U.S. 6 until 8 a.m. Saturday., according to CDOT.
Commercial vehicles and vehicles with trailers cannot travel on:
- I-70 from Golden to Silverthorne
- I-25 from C-470 to North Academy Boulevard
- U.S. 285 from Morrison to Fairplay
- U.S. 40 from Winter Park to Empire over Berthoud Pass
- U.S. 6 from Keystone to Georgetown over Loveland Pass
- U.S. 6 from Golden to I-70 through Clear Creek Canyon
“This restriction is designed to reduce the chances of semi truck and other impactful spinouts that require extensive manpower and specialized equipment to clear, and often cause prolonged closures of the interstate,” transportation officials said in a news release.
Commercial motor vehicles stuck in metro Denver can park overnight at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Avenue in Golden.
Highways closed for safety concerns as of 6 p.m.:
- I-25 Southbound from Pueblo to Colorado/New Mexico state line
- I-70 Eastbound Airpark Rd/Watkins Rd to Burlington
- I-70 Westbound Goodland, Kansas, to Limon
- U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass
- U.S. 24 Colorado Springs to Limon
- U.S. 24 Seibert to Burlington
- U.S. 40 Limon to Kit Carson
- U.S. 160 from US 350 Junction to CO 389 Junction
- U.S. 160 from Kim to US 385 Junction
- U.S. 287 Northbound from Wiley to Kit Carson
- U.S. 287 from Springfield to the Colorado/Oklahoma state line
- U.S. 350 from Trinidad to La Junta
- U.S. 385 from Burlington to Cheyenne Wells
- Colorado 59 from Yuma to Kit Carson
- Colorado 71 from Last Chance to Punkin Center
- Colorado 86 from Elizabeth to I-70
- Colorado 94 from El Paso County line to US 40/287 Junction
- Colorado 101 from Las Animas to Toonerville
- Colorado 109 from La Junta to Kim
- Colorado 389 from New Mexico state line to US 160 Junction
Original story:
According to CDOT, as of 11:35 a.m. Friday, current roadway closures include:
- I-70 eastbound, Airpark to Burlington,
- I-70 westbound, Goodland, Kan., to Limon,
- I-25 southbound, Pueblo to the New Mexico state line
- U.S. 24 eastbound and westbound, Colorado Springs to Limon
- U.S. 40 westbound, Cheyenne Wells to Limon
- U.S. 160 eastbound and westbound, U.S. 350 junction to the CO 389 junction
- U.S. 160 eastbound and westbound, Kim to the U.S. 385 junction
- U.S. 287 northbound, Wiley to Kit Carson
- U.S. 350 eastbound and westbound, Trinidad to La Junta
- CO 59 northbound and southbound, Yuma to Kit Carson
- CO 71 northbound and southbound, Last Chance to Punkin Center
- CO 86 eastbound and westbound, Elizabeth to I-70
- CO 94 eastbound and westbound, El Paso County line to the U.S. 40 and 287 junction
- CO 109 northbound and southbound, La Junta to Kim
- CO 389 northbound and southbound, New Mexico state line to the US 160 junction,
- CO 266 Eastbound/Westbound Rocky Ford to CO 109 Junction,
- CO 101 Northbound/ Southbound from Las Animas to Toonerville
