Various Closures Will Be in Place on C-470 and Santa Fe Drive Tonight and Tomorrow Night for Bridge Work

March 16, 2011 - DOUGLAS COUNTY — Tonight, March 16th and tomorrow night, March 17th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will install bridge girders and conduct other bridge work for the new flyover ramp from southbound Santa Fe Drive to eastbound C-470.

The work will require various single lane closures and full closures of C-470, Santa Fe Drive and various ramps at the interchange.

To complete work, the following closures will be in place:

Tonight, March 16th:

  • Westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive: The ramp from westbound C-470 to Santa Fe Drive will be completely closed from 8 p.m. tonight until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.  Detour: Motorists will take westbound C-470 to Platte Canyon Drive.  Take Platte Canyon Drive to Mineral Avenue where access to Santa Fe Drive is available.
  • Northbound Santa Fe Drive between C-470 and County Line Road: One lane of northbound Santa Fe Drive will be closed starting at 8 p.m. with all lanes closing at 9 p.m.  All lanes will reopen by 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.  Detour: Motorists will take westbound C-470 to Platte Canyon Drive.  Take Platte Canyon Drive to Mineral Avenue where access to Santa Fe Drive is available.

Thursday, March 17th:

  • Eastbound C-470 at Santa Fe Drive: All lanes of eastbound C-470 at Santa Fe Drive will be closed from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  Detour: Motorists on eastbound C-470 can exit at Santa Fe Drive and take County Line Road or Town Center Drive to Lucent Boulevard where access to eastbound C-470 is available.
  • Santa Fe Drive to Eastbound C-470: The ramp from Santa Fe Drive to eastbound C-470 will be completely closed from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  Detour: Motorists can take County Line Road or Town Center Drive to Lucent Boulevard where access to eastbound C-470 is available.
  • Westbound C-470 near Santa Fe Drive: One lane of westbound C-470 will be closed from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 a.m. on Friday.

Delays are expected both nights and alternate routes are strongly advised.  CDOT would like to remind motorists to plan ahead, obey all construction signs and flaggers and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.” Fines for most infractions that occur in the work zone will be doubled.

The work is part of a safety and mobility improvement project that constructs a flyover ramp from southbound Santa Fe Drive (US 85) to eastbound C-470.  In addition, the project will construct a new bridge over Erickson Boulevard as well as a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over Erickson Boulevard.  The bicycle/pedestrian trail will also be reconstructed.

The $26.7 million project is partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as well as CDOT and Douglas County.  Edward Kraemer and Sons, Inc. is the contractor for this project scheduled to be complete by January 2012.

For more information about this project, visit http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/C470SantaFeInterchange.  To receive e-mail updates about the project, visit www.coloradodot.info and click on the icon in the upper right-hand corner.  The link will take you to a list of items you can subscribe to including the “C-470/Santa Fe” project listed under “Projects.”