Wadsworth Boulevard Widening

In March 2016, CDOT started construction to improve capacity on Wadsworth Boulevard, between Highland Drive and 10th Avenue. 

Phase 1

Work on the first stretch of roadway to improve Wadsworth Boulevard capacity between 10th Avenue and Colfax was completed in summer 2015. Improvements included:

• providing three through lanes on Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood;
• adding a center median for safer operations;
• adding a new concrete box culvert to improve drainage in the area; and
• adding a 10-foot-wide multi-use path on both sides of the roadway.

This was the first phase of construction from the US 6 and Wadsworth Interchange Study. The City of Lakewood is contributing significantly to the project costs. Multi-modal access to the new RTD light rail station will also be provided.

Further construction in the area has been laid out in the US 6 and Wadsworth Interchange Study.

Phase 2

Highlights included completing:

• the east sections of a three-cell concrete box culvert with wing walls;
• the east section of the pedestrian box;
• a storm sewer stretching from 10th Avenue to Highland Drive;
• concrete pavement;
• lighting;
• a sidewalk from 10th Avenue to Highland Drive;
• a trail leading from the sidewalk to the pedestrian box;
• gulch improvements;
• a box culvert and the pedestrian box near Highland Drive;
• a multi-use trail;
• paving and sidewalks; and
• drainage and Lakewood Gulch improvements.