Interstate 70 closed through Glenwood Canyon again, mudslides force cleanup

Interstate 70 has been closed done Glenwood Canyon since 9 p.m. Thursday owed to mudslides and flash-flood concerns.

The Colorado Department of Transportation said aboriginal Friday that determination is nary estimated clip of reopening aft a mudslide did so interaction the road.

The roadway was initially closed astatine Exit 111, but it was extended little than an hr aboriginal to statesman astatine Exit 87 (West Rifle.) The closure covers I-70 until Exit 133 (Dotsero), according to CDOT.

#I70 eastbound/westbound: Safety closure betwixt Exit 111 – South Canyon and Exit 133 – Dotsero. A SAFETY CLOSURE is successful spot betwixt Glenwood Springs and Dotsero (Glenwood Canyon) owed to imaginable for flash flooding. Alt way for done postulation is… https://t.co/0iiuviuUjr

— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT) July 30, 2021

The stretch of interstate was 1 of the astir hard to build successful the country. The canyon closures person occurred frequently this summertime owed to flash-flood and mudslide threats. These issues person go communal due to the fact that the canyon includes the pain scar from the Grizzly Creek fire, which scorched 32,000 acres successful 2020.

The hours-long, 100-plus mile detour astir this agelong of I-70 takes travelers to acold northwest Colorado. Commercial vehicles are to travel westbound connected I-70 to a crook northbound onto Colorado 9. In Kremmling, motorists are to crook onto westbound U.S. 40 toward Steamboat Springs. After reaching Craig, drivers should instrumentality southbound via Colorado 13 toward Rifle. Access to I-70 westbound is astatine Rifle. From the Western Slope, the directions are successful reverse.

Noncommercial motorists tin usage Colorado. 82 implicit Independence Pass.

CDOT has warned against utilizing smartphone applications to look for alternate routes.

Officials besides inquire that if you are caught successful adverse conditions, hold for the roadworthy to wide and bash not permission your conveyance unless necessary.