Snow across Colorado was causing delays, crashes and road closures Thursday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The National Weather Service forecasted an extreme impact storm on Friday and into Saturday across south-central and southeastern Colorado with heavy, wet snow and high winds expected. Travel conditions in some areas were expected to be difficult to impossible. A travel warning covered Interstate 70 east of Denver and I-25 south of Pueblo.
Snow impacts were anticipated along I-25 on Monument Hill and I-70 west of Denver to the Idaho Springs area Friday evening into Saturday morning.
CDOT road closures on Thursday included:
I-70 eastbound from DIA to the Kansas state line
I-70 westbound Burlington to Limon
I-25 southbound only from Pueblo to the New Mexico state line
US 24 eastbound and westbound between Calhan and Limon
US 40 eastbound and westbound between Limon and Kit Carson
US 350 eastbound and westbound between Trinidad and La Junta
US 160 eastbound and westbound between CO 350 and CO 389
CO 59 northbound and southbound between Haxtun and Kit Carson
CO 71 northbound and southbound between Last Chance and Punkin Center
CO 86 eastbound and westbound between Kiowa and I-70
CO 94 eastbound and westbound between the El Paso County line and US 40/287
CO 389 northbound and southbound between the New Mexico State border and US 160
CO 109 northbound and southbound between La Junta and Kim
E-470 authorities reported a multi-vehicle crash shortly before 11 a.m. near the intersection of E-470 and northbound US 85.
CDOT closed southbound Interstate 25 south of Pueblo, from mile marker 91 to the New Mexico state line, starting at 10:35 a.m. Only local traffic — Colorado City, Rye, and Walsenburg residents — are allowed to proceed to those locations on I-25, CDOT officials said. I-25 was closed indefinitely.
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