C-470 Closed from Wadsworth to Santa Fe Overnight Sept. 19 & 20

DOUGLAS COUNTY—From 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. both Wednesday, Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 20, crews on the C-470 Express Lanes project will close both directions of the highway from Wadsworth Boulevard to Santa Fe Drive as they install girders for the South Platte River bridge.

Travel Impacts

Eastbound C-470 Detour (approximately 6.4 miles)

• Exit the Wadsworth Boulevard eastbound off-ramp.
• Turn left onto northbound Wadsworth Boulevard.
• Proceed north to Ken Caryl Avenue and turn right.
• Continue on Ken Caryl Avenue until the road becomes Mineral Avenue.
• Take Mineral Avenue east until Santa Fe Drive.
• Turn right onto southbound Santa Fe, then continue south to the eastbound C-470 on-ramp flyover.

Westbound C-470 Detour (approximately 6.4 miles)

• Exit the Santa Fe Drive westbound off-ramp and turn right onto northbound Santa Fe Drive.
• Take Santa Fe Drive to Mineral Avenue and turn left.
• Take Mineral Avenue westbound until the road becomes Ken Caryl Avenue.
• Take Ken Caryl Avenue to Wadsworth Boulevard and turn left.
• Take Wadsworth Boulevard south and continue onto westbound C-470 on-ramp.

• Follow detour signs accordingly and go slow for the cone zone.
• Construction is weather dependent and the schedule is subject to change.
• For motorists on C-470, courtesy patrol is provided from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, to assist disabled vehicles at no cost to drivers.

More than 100,000 motorists currently use this segment of C-470 each day, with volumes projected to increase 40 percent by 2035. Construction is scheduled for completion in spring 2019.

Project Info

The $276 million C-470 Express Lanes project will increase mobility and user choice along 12.5 miles of the highway, between I-25 and Wadsworth Boulevard. On westbound C-470, crews will build two additional Express Lanes from I-25 to Colorado Boulevard, and one additional Express Lane from Colorado Boulevard to Wadsworth. On eastbound C-470, they will build one additional Express Lane between I-25 and Wadsworth Boulevard.

The project also includes full reconstruction of existing pavement, the addition of auxiliary lanes at selected locations, on- and off-ramp improvements, realignment of substandard curves, widening of existing bridges, replacing the bridges over the South Platte River, the installation of tolling equipment, and new C-470 trail underpasses at Colorado and Quebec.

When complete, motorists may use the Express Lanes on C-470 for a faster, more reliable commute in exchange for paying a toll, or drive the general-purpose lanes for free.