Two Lanes Opening Up This Week on US Highway 285

August 25, 2015 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - Town of Antonito.

ANTONITO, CO – On Tuesday, August 24th, Concrete Works of Colorado in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will re-open west 8th Avenue and two lanes of traffic on US Highway 285 in the town of Antonito.  Intersections on the west side of the highway remain closed with business access at 5th and 8th. Additionally, there will be no parking on Main Street/US Highway 285 for this week.

The concrete reconstruction project is part of a $7.8 million plan to correct subgrade surface damage created by heavy truck traffic while concurrently improving the drainage system.  

PROJECT SCHEDULE & IMPACTS – A 10-foot width restriction will remain in effect 24/7 until the project’s completion in mid-October. Work hours are expected to be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with some weekend and late night or early morning work possible.

Impacts are as follows for the week of August 24: 

  • Two lanes opening on US Highway 285 – Tuesday, August 25

  • Intersections on the west side will be closed from 2nd to 12th Avenues with business access at 5th and 8th starting Tuesday, August 25

  • 10-foot width restrictions are in place 24/7 until the end of the project in mid-October

HOW TO GET PROJECT INFORMATION

The best way to stay up-to-date on project progress and impacts is to sign up for email updates. Please contact us at [email protected] to be included on the update list (title your email “Antonito Improvements”), or call the project hotline at 970-946-2834 and provide your email address. You can also visit CDOT’s website and see the lane closure reports at: www.codot.gov/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html.

*This state-local partnership project will receive funding from RAMP, Responsible Acceleration of Maintenance and Partnerships towards the approximately $2.7 million in drainage improvements. RAMP is better coordinating project expenditures and available funding. Under the RAMP program, CDOT will fund multi-year and partnership projects based on year of expenditure, rather than saving for the full amount of a project before construction begins. For more information, including a list of RAMP project requests, please see our website: http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/RAMP.

Construction work scheduled for Phase IV started the week of August 10th – please see diagram below: