CDOT: Stay off I-25 in Denver this weekend
Here’s a helpful hint from the Colorado Department of Transportation for weekend motorists: Stay off Interstate 25 in Denver.
Really, hopping on won’t be worth it.
“Either stay off of it or drive around it, especially in the central Denver area,” CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford said Thursday.
The biggest snarl will be between Santa Fe Drive and the U.S. 6 interchange — northbound and southbound. Crews are closing the interstate for two extended periods — the first of which starts at 10 p.m. Friday — to essentially do a month’s worth of roadwork in 41 hours.
About 100 CDOT and contractor workers will demolish the north half of the U.S. 6 bridge over I-25; repave and restripe both directions of I-25 between Santa Fe Drive and U.S. 6; relocate three storm sewer lines across southbound I-25; and set girders for the ramp bridge from northbound I-25 to westbound U.S. 6.
The intersection will reopen at 5 a.m. Monday.
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