Denver Metro Guardrail Project
About the Project:
General information: Guardrail improvement work on Feb. 25. Work will take
place along six different roadways; US Highway 285, Interstate Highway 25, US Highway 6, Interstate Highway 76, Colorado Highway 74, and Colorado Highway 86. The project will happen in 10 different phases.
Project Benefits
- The project will help prevent vehicles from running off the road and going down steep embankments, or veering off the roadway into oncoming traffic
- Guardrails have many important benefits including safety and preventing far more serious crashes
Work Schedule:
- Nighttime work hours are 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday
- Work will last until the end of July
Traffic Impacts:
Motorists can expect the following impacts during the period of construction:
- Work site-dependent:
- Vehicles could be reduced to a single-lane with intermittent alternating traffic in either direction
- There will be up to 15-minute delays anticipated
- Refer to COtrip.org for real-time travel conditions and road closures
Work this Week & Lane Closures CO 86 (location 10)
Work this Week & Lane Closures I-76 (location 8)
Work this Week & Lane Closures I-25 (location 4)
Project Facts
- Construction Cost: $2.3 Million
- Contractor: HCG Construction
- Timeline: February 25, 2024 through July 2024
- Location: 1: US 285 & Kipling Pkwy
- City of Lakewood
- MP 253.2 to MP 253.4
- Jefferson County
- Location 2: US 285 & E Hampden Ave
- City of Denver
- MP 261.1 to MP 261.2
- Denver County
- Location 3: US 285 & US 85
- City of Englewood
- MP 259.2 to MP 259.35
- Arapahoe County
- Location 4: C-470 & I-25
- City of Englewood & Lone Tree
- MP 194 to MP 194.
- Douglas County
- Location 5: US 6 Frontage Rd & Crescent Ln
- City of Lakewood
- MP 281 to MP 281.1
- Jefferson County
- Location 6: US 6 & Union On-Ramp
- City of Lakewood
- MP 278.5 to MP 279.75
- Jefferson County
- Location 7: US 6 & I-25
- City of Lone Tree
- MP 209.25 to MP 209.5
- Denver County
- Location 8: I-76 & US 85
- City of Henderson
- MP 12.1 to MP 12.35
- Adam County
- Location 9: CO 74 & Upper Bear Creek Rd
- City of Evergreen
- MP 6.5 to MP 7
- Jefferson County
- Location 10: CO 86 Shoulder
- City of Castle Rock
- MP 2.3 to MP 3
- Douglas County