06/22/2026
We cannot wait to see everyone at the conference this week! We wish we could control construction - but hoping you will have an amazing time in the Rocky Mountains once you get through the construction!
⚠️TRAVEL ALERT⚠️ | I-70 Floyd Hill near Idaho Springs
🔸9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, June 22, through Wednesday, June 24 - Expect 20-minute traffic holds multiple times per day, for rock scaling and blasting operations above eastbound and westbound I-70 between the Veterans Memorial Tunnels and the Homestead Road interchange near Idaho Springs. Intermittent traffic holds on Central City Parkway, County Road 314, US 6 and US 40 may be necessary. Plan for delays up to 45 minutes as each traffic queue clears. Stay on I-70, and please remain in your vehicle during traffic holds for your safety.
🔸In observance of the Fourth of July holiday, there will be no scheduled traffic impacts for the I-70 Floyd Hill Project on eastbound and westbound I-70 from Friday, June 26, to Monday, July 6.
🔸Monday through Thursday, expect daytime and overnight, single-lane closures on eastbound and westbound I-70, between County Road 65 and the Veterans Memorial Tunnels.
🔸9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, June 22, through Thursday, June 25 - Expect daytime closures of the westbound I-70 off-ramp to US 6 (Exit 244) for segmental bridge construction.
🔸9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, through Thursday, June 25- Expect daytimeclosures of the Hidden Valley on-ramp to westbound I-70 (Exit 243) for drainage work and bridge construction.
🔸6 p.m. to 1 a.m., Tuesday, June 23 - Expect an overnight closure of the westbound I-70 off-ramp to Hidden Valley (Exit 243) for construction work.
🔸 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, June 22, through Thursday, June 25 - Expect daytime flagging operations on US 40 east of the US 6 interchange (Exit 244).
🔸For more information on the project and upcoming impacts, please view our Project update: https://mailchi.mp/state/i-70-floyd-hill-project-update-06-21
All work is weather-dependent and subject to change.
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More info: codot.gov/projects/i70floydhill