CDOT: Expect additional traffic for MLK weekend

DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) - The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to remind drivers to anticipate heavier than normal traffic over the next few days along I-70 west of Denver and on other mountain highways.

Last year Martin Luther King weekend vehicle counts at the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels were as follows:

2021	Westbound	Eastbound	Total
Friday, Jan. 15	27,583	18,255	45,838
Saturday, Jan. 16	21,857	18,243	40,100
Sunday, Jan. 17	18,097	23,363	41,460
Monday, Jan. 18	16,482	25,151	41,633
Totals	84,019	85,012	169,031