CDOT Maintenance Activity Update – Durango Maintenance Section 3

April 18, 2014 - Southwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 5 - SOUTHWEST COLORADO – The following are this upcoming week’s maintenance activities that impact travel in the Durango Maintenance Section.*

Thank you for driving “Slow for the Cone Zone!” (Please note, project start and end times indicate a multi-day project—but there is no night work.)

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*CDOT’s Durango Maintenance Section, divided into three Maintenance Areas and further into numerous Patrols, covers the counties of Montrose (southern half only), San Miguel, Ouray, San Juan, Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata and western Archuleta (through the east edge of Pagosa Springs).


CORTEZ MAINTENANCE AREA

Title

State Highway (SH) 145 , Hand Patching

Location

HWY. 145, MM 47 - 59.5, north of Rico extending north for 12 miles

Start Time

4/21/2014 8:00 AM

End Time

4/25/2014 4:00 PM

Description

Highway patching, 5-10 Minute Delay

 

Location

US 491 MM 51.05, Cahone Creek, MM 53.15 Alkali Creek

Start Time

4/21/2014 9:00 AM

End Time

4/25/2014 4:00 PM

Description

Bridge cleaning at Cahone Creek and Alkali Creek, minimal impacts; drive slowly near equipment

 

 

DURANGO MAINTENANCE AREA

Title

Core Sampling on US 160 east of Bayfield

Location

US 160, MP 108 to 117

Start Time

4/21/2014 12:00 AM

End Time

4/25/2014 11:59 PM

Description

Drill rig is in travel lane and crews will be extracting samples of the asphalt in various areas for follow up by CDOT’s Materials Lab (samples provide an indication of surface and sub-surface pavement conditions). Traffic will be delayed no more than 15 minutes There will be a speed reduction from 60 mph to 40 mph in the work zones.

 

RIDGWAY MAINTENANCE AREA

Title

Sign and delineation repair

Location

US 550 80.28-95

Start Time

4/21/2014 8:00 AM

End Time

4/25/2014 11:59 PM

Description

Crews will work to repair or reinstall signs and roadside delineation posts from the top of Red Mountain Pass to north of Ouray; some minor travel impacts can be expected, as equipment may take up a lane on this narrow stretch.

 

Title

SH 90 Shaping shoulders

Location

SH 90  MM 22 to 25, six miles east of Bedrock

Start Time

4/21/2014 8:00 AM

End Time

4/22/2014 4:00 PM

Description

Rebuilding shoulders on this two-lane highway will involve single-lane, alternating traffic with a pilot car and minor delays.

 

Title

SH 141 shaping shoulders and ditch cleaning

Location

Hwy 141 MM 37 to 44, Dry Creek Basin South of Naturita

Start Time

4/23/2014 10:00 AM

End Time

4/25/2014 11:00 AM

Description

Shoulder work where needed on this two lane road; single-lane, alternating traffic with a pilot car