104th Avenue to close for railroad and highway utility work

August 11, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Closure will last four days.

COMMERCE CITY, COLO. – E. 104^th Avenue at US 85 will be closed for four days to relocate and replace utilities along the highway and railroad corridors. The closure will be 24 hours a day beginning 6 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, and continuing through 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18. Full closure ensures the safety of the public as well as the project’s contractors.

In order to minimize impacts to motorists who use E. 104^th for their commute during the week, the City of Commerce City and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) are consolidating railroad and highway utility work into the same closure, and are completing much of the work over the weekend.

During the closure, motorists traveling on US 85 should take 96^th Avenue to State Highway (SH) 2 or 120^thAvenue. For more information about the project, call the project hotline at 303-536-5886, visit c3gov.com/104or email [email protected].