Two large, brightly colored cranes are hard to ignore while driving the Poudre River bridge over Interstate 25.
Those cranes will be used to move bridge girders into place Monday or Tuesday as part of the project to raise the Interstate 25 bridge above a 100-year flood water level, allowing the Poudre Trail to connect underneath. The widening will accommodate an I-25 toll lane in each direction.
The construction is part of the Colorado Department of Transportation s $750 million North I-25 Express Lanes Project stretching 19 miles from Colorado Highway 56 near Berthoud to Colorado Highway 14 in Fort Collins.
Crews started prepping for the Poudre River bridge in November. In recent months, they have built bridge piers and abutments, built embankments and fortified the banks of the Poudre River with rip-rap.
Updated on January 8, 2021 at 11:43 am
NBCLA
The eastbound Moreno Valley (60) Freeway between Moreno Valley and Beaumont will be shut down Friday night and through the weekend, and the California Highway Patrol is urging motorists to avoid the corridor and plan on taking alternate routes.
From 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, the CHP will close all eastbound lanes between Gilman Springs Road, just east of Moreno Valley, to the Interstate 10/60 Interchange in Beaumont as part of the “State Route 60 Truck Lanes Project.”
According to the Riverside County Transportation Commission, the full eastbound 60 closure is required to re-position concrete barriers along a 4.5- mile stretch, as part of a shift from old traffic lanes to new ones that have been established. Westbound lanes on the 60 will not be impacted.