Two Rocky Mountain passes reopened to automobiles this week, marking the tip of annual closures coinciding with the winter snow season.
Crews spent about six days clearing Guanella Cross, linking Interstate 70 and U.S. 285 in Clear Creek County, the place snow was packed as deep as 5 ft. The county introduced the completion of the work on social media Thursday afternoon.
Additionally on Thursday, the Colorado Division of Transportation reopened Colo. 82 at Independence Cross, which traverses Lake and Pitkin counties close to Aspen and Twin Lakes.
Crews with CDOT and the Colorado Avalanche Data Middle used explosives to set off snow slides and cleared snow, ice and particles from the roadway Might 12 to mitigate the chance of avalanches, in line with a CDOT information launch.
Upkeep employees additionally fastened guardrails, potholes and indicators forward of the opening. Business and leisure automobiles 35 ft or longer stay prohibited on Independence Cross because of the curving, slender structure of the roadway.
Plow drivers had been persevering with to battle wind and snow to clear Path Ridge Street in Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park on Thursday night time, and the highway is predicted to stay closed via the weekend, the park wrote in a social media publish.
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