Bridge Work to Impact Traffic at C-470/Santa Fe Drive Interchange This Week

June 20, 2011 - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - DOUGLAS COUNTY— This week, June 20th through June 24th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will install guardrail and pour the bridge deck from the new flyover ramp from southbound Santa Fe Drive to eastbound C-470. As a result, there will be various single lane closures, full closures, and ramp closures.

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

Monday, June 20th:

  • Westbound C-470 at Santa Fe Drive: One lane of westbound C-470 at 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 Tuesday. Detour: Motorists will be detoured via the on and off-ramps at Santa Fe Drive.
  • Southbound Santa Fe Drive between County Line Road and C-470: One lane of southbound Santa Fe Drive will be closed from 8 p.m. on Monday until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 21st:

  • Southbound Santa Fe Drive between County Line Road and C-470: One lane of southbound Santa Fe Drive will be closed from 8 p.m. on Tuesday until 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Wednesday, June 22nd:

  • 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. on Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.  Detour: Motorists can take Platte Canyon Drive to Mineral Avenue where access to Santa Fe Drive is available.

Thursday, June 23rd:

  • Northbound Santa Fe Drive between C-470 and County Line Road: One lane of northbound Santa Fe Drive will be closed starting at 7 p.m. with all lanes closing at 9 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  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.
  • Southbound Santa Fe Drive between County Line Road and C-470: One lane of southbound Santa Fe Drive will be closed starting at 7 p.m. with all lanes closing at 9 p.m.  All lanes will reopen by 5:30 a.m. on Friday.  Detour: Motorists will take County Line Road to Lucent Boulevard where access to westbound C-470 is available. Take westbound C-470 back to Santa Fe Drive.

Delays are expected throughout the week 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.”