What drivers will face traveling into mountains near Denver on I-70 amid Floyd Hill bridge building

Drivers heading west from metro Denver into the mountains on Interstate on Monday and Tuesday face overnight closures and -minute stops through Thursday at the base of Floyd Hill the latest traffic disruptions for bridge building as part of the Colorado Department of Transportation s million reconstruction of I- through Clear Creek Canyon The nighttime closures this week scheduled from p m until a m are planned around the I- U S interchange at exit and include on- and off-ramps Drivers also should expect to wait at -minute stops multiple times per day from a m to p m on I- starting Monday and continuing through Thursday according to a CDOT notice But leaders disclosed there would be no planned traffic disruptions during the holidays from Dec to Jan CDOT contractors will be blasting rock in the canyon above eastbound and westbound I- between the Veterans Memorial Tunnels and the Homestead Road interchange near Idaho Springs And drivers may face intermittent traffic stops along the Central City Parkway County Road U S and U S CDOT officers disclosed CDOT contractors are building a temporary framework to encouragement their upcoming construction of a concrete bridge on I- When it s done the bridge will carry westbound drivers through a new track that CDOT officers say will be safer and improve traffic flows through the canyon which long has loomed as a bottleneck The rebuilt highway with an added westbound express toll lane eventually will carry drivers through a widened canyon on viaducts feet above Clear Creek This safer journey designed to improve visibility for drivers is expected to allow speeds of miles per hour in areas now marked mph Depending on the weather this week disruptive construction work may shift to Wednesday and Thursday CDOT agents noted The I- Floyd Hill Project involves about eight miles of I- in the mountainous area between Evergreen and the eastern edge of Idaho Springs CDOT bureaucrats have promised that as part of the project they ll improve the Clear Creek Greenway trail and ensure safer routes for wildlife Construction began in July The project is expected to conclude in Drivers learn more by calling CDOT at - - or by texting floydhill to and signing up for text alerts CDOT officers also mentioned information about weather road conditions and movement impacts is available at COtrip org