SH 184 Culvert Replacement Project Underway West of Mancos

March 21, 2014 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - MONTEZUMA COUNTY, CO – The Colorado Department of Transportation has a project underway to replace two critical culverts underneath SH 184 at Chicken Creek, west of Mancos at mile point 25.1.

The project involves replacement of two 40-year-old corrugated metal pipes. The contractor, Mountain Valley Contracting of Grand Junction, CO, will replace the two culverts through a pipe-jacking process, which will limit impacts to the roadway and to travelers.

Pipe jacking is a trenchless method of pipeline installation utilizing compressed air to drive the pipe through the ground. Typically, this type of installation does not require a highway pavement cut. Also at this site, crews will also fill an old, unused cattle underpass to remedy the roadside erosion it has caused.

Mountain Valley was contracted $849,050 for the project, which will protect the stability of the roadway and improving drainage.

TRAVEL IMPACTS – Through the project’s completion in late May 2014, Motorists can expect single-lane, alternating traffic Monday through Friday, during daylight hours. Duration: March 10 through May 2014

For information about the project or to leave a message, call the project information line at (970) 250-9354. For information on CDOT projects statewide, log on to www.cotrip.org or call 511 from anywhere in the state. Better yet, sign up for email and/or wireless (text) alerts on projects and/or roadway condition information in your chosen area. Go to CDOT's web site at www.coloradodot.info and click on the green cell phone icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. Remember to “like” CDOT on Facebook.

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