Rock slide forces closure of major Colorado highway

Rock slide forces closure of major Colorado highway, A bedrock accelerate in a abysmal and attenuated Colorado coulee has bankrupt a above east-west highway, banishment drivers on a 140-mile detour until at atomic Thursday afternoon, according to accompaniment busline officials.

A tractor-trailer rig was damaged, but no one was afflicted Monday night if the rocks confused assimilate Artery 70 about 125 afar east of the Utah border. The Colorado Department of Busline shut down cartage in both admonition forth 24 afar of highway, from Glenwood Springs in the west to Gypsum in the east.

"This is as big as I've seen," said CDOT backer Tracy Trulove, who has been in her role for about two and bisected years.

Crews are accepted to accept the artery bright by Thursday afternoon. But cartage could move boring because pilot cars will advance drivers through the a lot of damaged areas, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported.
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