Bridge girder installation to close lanes on 6th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard tonight

September 13, 2012 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 6 - DENVER – Tonight, September 13th, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close all lanes of northbound and southbound Sheridan Boulevard at 6th Avenue as well as two lanes on both eastbound and westbound 6th Avenue over Sheridan Boulevard to install bridge girders on the 6th Avenue bridge over Sheridan Boulevard.

To complete the girder installation, the following lane closures will be in place, weather permitting:

Northbound and Southbound Sheridan Boulevard at 6^th Avenue: The right lane on northbound and southbound Sheridan Boulevard will be closed at 6^th Avenue at 7 p.m. with all lanes of northbound and southbound Sheridan Boulevard closing at 10 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5:30 a.m. Friday. Northbound Detour: Motorists on northbound Sheridan Boulevard will be directed onto eastbound 6^th Avenue then to Federal Boulevard. Take Federal Boulevard north to westbound 6^th Avenue and back to Sheridan Boulevard. Southbound Detour: Motorists on southbound Sheridan Boulevard will be directed onto westbound 6^th Avenue then to Wadsworth Boulevard. Take Wadsworth Boulevard south to eastbound 6^th Avenue and back to Sheridan Boulevard.
Eastbound and Westbound 6^th Avenue over Sheridan Boulevard: The left lane of eastbound and westbound 6^th Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard will be closed at 7 p.m. with a second lane closing in each direction at 10 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5:30 a.m. Friday.

Major delays are possible on Sheridan Boulevard and on 6^th Avenue and alternate routes are strongly advised. Motorists can take either Wadsworth Boulevard or Federal Boulevard to Colfax Avenue to avoid the construction zone. CDOT would like to remind motorists to obey all construction signs and flaggers and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.”

This work is part of a project that replaces the 6^th Avenue bridge over Sheridan Boulevard. The original bridge was constructed in 1961 and is one of Colorado’s poor bridges. The new bridge will be wider to accommodate wider sidewalks under the bridge along Sheridan Boulevard and at the four pedestrian islands. The medians north and south of the bridge will be modified to increase left turn storage capacity which will help with the flow of traffic on Sheridan Boulevard.

Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc. is the contractor for this $11.5 million project scheduled to be complete by the end of August 2013. The project is being funded by the Colorado Bridge Enterprise, which uses a small portion of vehicle registration fees to repair or replace poor bridges.

For more information about the project, visit the project website at http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/us6sheridanbridge.