NEW: I-70 Closed For 3rd Day & Night After Rock Slide
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Updated: 9:33 PM Mar 10, 2010
NEW: I-70 Closed For 3rd Day & Night After Rock Slide
A vital east-west Colorado highway remains closed Wednesday night while CDOT crews remove rocks from I-70. Workers blasted a large unstable rock in the afternoon.
Posted: 10:07 AM Mar 10, 2010
Reporter: Associated Press
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A vital east-west Colorado highway remains closed Wednesday night while CDOT crews remove rocks from I-70. Workers blasted a large unstable rock in the afternoon.

Officials still don't know exactly when the 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in western Colorado will reopen. They are hoping to have one lane open tomorrow east and westbound sometime on Thursday. Crews will hike to the site in the morning to conduct follow-up rock scaling and assess the stability.

The shortest detour is more than 200 miles long.

The highway has been closed since Monday after a rock slide rained boulders onto the roadway and punched gaping holes into an elevated section.

No one was hurt and no vehicles were damaged.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Posted by: Chasity Location: Colorado Springs on Mar 10, 2010 at 05:04 PM

Karin: why don't you just come to colorado and go to the area, and get a closer look for yourself. Maybe the boulder will sense a cynical person and come down, for you to get a closer look. Why are people so cynical all the time? Get on medicine or something. Geez
Posted by: Angie Location: Minnesota on Mar 10, 2010 at 04:36 PM

I am going on this route in 2 weeks! Will it be open by then?
Posted by: Karin Location: California on Mar 10, 2010 at 03:18 PM

Why aren't there ANY pictures of the boulder? The area? Anything? I am interested in this story which I first read about on a national site, came here to a closer course for pics and still nothing! Lame reporting. Get with the program please... Moving along...
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