November 7, 2016 - Statewide Transportation - STATEWIDE- The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) received five awards from the 2016 Engineering News-Records Mountain States Best Project competition for various transportation projects.
News Releases
April 1, 2015 - Statewide Transportation Plan - Pilot cars to lead vehicles in alternating directions
December 11, 2014 - Central/Eastern Colorado/Region 1 - DENVER – Construction crews plan to work overnight Saturday, Dec. 13, to move westbound I-70 traffic into the newly widened tunnel in advance of the colder, wet weather forecast for Sunday and Monday.
August 15, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Blasting work continues on rock face wall above westbound I-70 tunnel
July 2, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - DENVER/WESTERN COLORADO —Heavy traffic and increased travel times are expected to begin Thursday for westbound travelers as motorists head up the I-70 mountain corridor.
May 9, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway. This Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project will widen the westbound tunnel bore to accommodate future expansion in the I-70 mountain corridor.
May 2, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway. This Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project will widen the westbound tunnel bore to accommodate future expansion in the I-70 mountain corridor.
April 25, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway. This Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project will widen the westbound tunnel bore to accommodate future expansion in the I-70 mountain corridor.
April 18, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway.
April 15, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Crews work to create safe work area for rock face blasting .
April 11, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway.
April 9, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - DENVER/MOUNTAIN CORRIDOR – Crews have successfully moved both westbound and eastbound traffic onto the detours that will be in place for the duration of construction of the Westbound Twin Tunnels project, through December 2014.
April 3, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway.
March 31, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Crews will begin closing lanes in both directions of I-70 near Idaho Springs at 5 p.m. Monday, March 31, as work begins to shift eastbound I-70 traffic back onto the detour route around the tunnels.
March 28, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway.
March 21, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway. This Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project will widen the westbound tunnel bore to accommodate future expansion in the I-70 mountain corridor.
March 18, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1, Mountain Corridor - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will close I-70 in both directions at Twin Tunnels for rock stabilization at 1 p.m. This work will require a 30 minute closure and motorists traveling in the area should expect delays.
March 18, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Staff to Give Overview of Upcoming Work and Traffic Impacts to I-70.
March 14, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Work on the Westbound Twin Tunnels project is underway.
March 7, 2014 - Metro Denver Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Visitors to Colorado’s high country could start seeing lane closures as early as Monday, March 10, for work on the westbound Twin Tunnels project.
January 16, 2014 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - DENVER – Today the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Transportation Commission achieved two milestones for the I-70 Mountain Corridor, approving $55 million to widen the westbound Twin Tunnel and finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CDOT, Clear Creek County and the City of Idaho Springs.
December 12, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Statewide – All lanes have been reopened at Eastbound Twin Tunnels after a nine month construction project widening the tunnel from two lanes to three.
December 9, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Statewide – All lanes of eastbound I-70 through the Twin Tunnels will be placed in final alignment during the week of Dec. 9, weather permitting.
November 15, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Median barrier and grading work, sign installation, truck hauling, road grading, seeding and final striping operations are part of the planned activities for next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels.
November 7, 2013 - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Median barrier work, sign installation, truck hauling, and seeding and striping operations are part of the planned activities for next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels.
November 1, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Median barrier work, sign installation, truck hauling and striping operations are part of the planned activities for next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels.
October 25, 2013 - Denver Metro Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Median barrier work, sign installation, and truck hauling operations are part of the planned activities for next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels.
October 11, 2013 - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - Overnight traffic pacing to impact travel time beginning Thursday.
October 4, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Asphalt paving, bridge and median barrier work, sign installation, and truck hauling operations are scheduled for next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels and at the bottom of Floyd Hill.
September 27, 2013 - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Central Eastern Colorado/CDOT Region 1 - IDAHO SPRINGS – Concrete paving, barrier and electrical work, and truck hauling operations are scheduled to take place next week, east and west of the Twin Tunnels and, at times, at the bottom of Floyd Hill.