I-25 Traffic Realignment Near 104th Avenue Postponed Until Wednesday

The work was originally scheduled to take place October 17^th and 18^th and will return I-25 to its normal configuration following the replacement of the 104^th Avenue bridge over I-25.

Crews will complete the traffic realignment on Wednesday, October 20^th.  There will be a single lane closure in each direction of I-25 starting at 7 p.m. with a second lane closing at 10 p.m.  All lanes of I-25 will reopen by 5:30 a.m. the following day.  I-25 should be in its normal configuration by 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 21^st.

Major delays are expected and alternate routes are strongly advised.  CDOT would like to remind motorists to obey all traffic signs and flaggers and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.”

The work is part of a project the replaces the 104^th Avenue bridge over I-25, which was originally constructed in 1962 and is one of Colorado’s structurally deficient bridges.  When complete, the new bridge will accommodate an additional left turn lane from eastbound 104^th Avenue to northbound I-25.

To date, the new 104^th Avenue bridge over I-25 is essentially complete, but crews have asphalt paving and center median work to complete over the next month.  As a result, additional weekend work may be required and temporary traffic realignments on 104^th Avenue will be necessary to complete final paving on the bridge.

Hamon Contractors, Inc. is the contractor for this $6.5 million project scheduled to be complete by the end of November 2011.  CDOT is funding the bridge replacement and the Northglenn Urban Renewal Authority (NURA) is funding the aesthetic improvements which will include upgraded bridge rail and upgraded bridge lighting similar to the existing lighting on the 112^th Avenue overpass bridge. Aesthetic improvements also include cornerstone monuments at the four ends of the bridge and "Northglenn" monument signage mounted to an upgraded retaining wall.