I-70

Despite gas prices being up more than $1.50 per gallon from last year, Colorado transportation officials expect higher-than-usual traffic over the holiday weekend.

Driving through the mountains on I-70 can be difficult for anyone – but for drivers behind the wheel of a giant semi, one mistake can have devastating impacts. We talk with the owners of a trucking school in Colorado that that teaches commercial truck drivers how to safely navigate mountain highways.

Driving through the mountains on I-70 can be difficult for anyone – but for drivers behind the wheel of a giant semi, one mistake can have devastating impacts. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with the owners of a trucking school in Colorado that offers the only specialized mountain safety program for truck drivers in the country.

Due to the potential for harsh winter conditions in Colorado, commercial vehicles are required by law to carry chains from Sept. 1 through May 31 on I-70 and other mountain roads.

The worst part of a trip to the mountains is often sitting on I-70, waiting for traffic to start moving again. But a retired train conductor – who conducted the Winter Park Ski train – has a plan that, he says, would clear up congestion. It involves getting semi-trucks off the highway and onto railroad cars to make the trip across the Rockies.

Equipped with hundreds of screens and cameras that can zoom in on the roadway up to 2 miles away, the Colorado Department of Transportation's new facility on I-70 aims to increase response times and shorten closures.

The Colorado Department of Transportation and Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office will be closing I-70 eastbound at the base of Floyd Hill during the morning hours when the intense sunshine can blind drivers.

Transportation officials say an incomplete drainage system in a construction zone along I-70 was the cause of flooding that led to the rescue of motorists near York Street in Denver.

Gov. Jared Polis said Monday he was planning to issue a state disaster declaration and it could be “a few days to a few weeks” before Glenwood Canyon can be reopened following massive mudslides that blocked Interstate 70, a major transportation corridor between the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast.

A portion of Interstate 70 in western Colorado closed by a series of mudslides near where the Grizzly Creek Fire burned last year re-opened Monday. Eastbound lanes of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon opened at 3 p.m. and westbound lanes opened about three hours later.