Law enforcement is investigating a body that was found unresponsive in a vehicle on U.S. Highway 550. Read More

A driver suspected of hitting a motorcyclist and fleeing the crash scene was arrested last month by Colorado State Patrol on suspicion of felony vehicular assault while driving under the influence, ... Read More

Colorado Department of Transportation has warned drivers about ongoing maintenance on several Colorado highways following the severe weather a few weeks ago. Cleanup continues after flooding in Ouray ... Read More

U.S. Highway 550 has reopened outside of Ouray. People should '?use their own judgement,'? firefighting team says. Read More

A significant wildfire in Ouray County, Colorado, known as the Gold Mountain Fire, has led to mandatory evacuations and the closure of part of U.S. Highway 550. , US News, Times Now ... Read More

This mountain pass is one of Colorado's most renowned scenic roads but drivers may want to avoid taking their vehicle on the Million Dollar Highway. Read More

The crash happened Monday evening on Highway 550 just south of Ridgway, involving a minivan and a pickup hauling a trailer. Read More

Colorado State Patrol released preliminary details of the fatal Highway 550 crash near Ridgway that killed a 34-year-old man and hospitalized two others. Read More

A 34-year-old man was killed and two passengers were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 550 near Ridgway Monday evening, prompting a full closure of the highway in both directions. Read More

One person died and two others were taken to the hospital with injuries Monday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 550 south of Ridgway. The crash, which involved a Dodge Caravan and a Ford F-350 ... Read More

A Durango man died March 14 after driving off of U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango. William '?Willy'? Frownfelter III, 31, was driving a Subaru Outback north on Bondad Hill, near mile marker 5, about ... Read More

The first glimpse of Ouray as you descend Highway 550 is nothing short of breathtaking - Victorian-era buildings nestled at the base of imposing red rock walls, with steam rising mysteriously from hot ... Read More

The driver went off the side of U.S. Highway 550 between mile markers 88 and 89, known as the Million Dollar Highway, falling into the Uncompahgre River Gorge. Read More

On Friday, road closures on US Highway 550 between Purgatory Ski Resort and Silverton will occur to allow for the safe transport of modular housing units to the Town of Silverton. The two separate two ... Read More

Take in stunning views on one of Colorado's most thrilling and dangerous roads with this Million Dollar Highway guide ... Read More

An abandoned property found with old possible explosives caused the closure of U.S. Highway 550 on Monday near Durango. Durango Fire Protection District, La Plata ... Read More

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - A driver was pronounced deceased on the scene after going airborne down a steep embankment on U.S. Highway 550 on Thursday. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the ... Read More

As of Aug. 24, there are now four deaths on U.S. Highway 550 Northbound from Silverton heading toward Ouray, and Colona. On Saturday, a 65-year-old woman, a resident of Mountain Village and Phoenix, ... Read More

A 65-year-old woman died Saturday in a motorcycle crash on Highway 550 on Red Mountain Pass near mile marker 90, Ouray County Coroner R. Glenn Boyd said. The ... Read More

U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton will experience full road closures in both directions Aug. 25 through Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day. Northbound motorists ... Read More

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Another fatal crash on Highway 550 redirected traffic on August 6th. Colorado State Patrol (CSP) said a white Dodge Caravan and a white Ram 1500 got into a head-on crash ... Read More

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Two people have died, and a young girl was rescued after a car ran off Red Mountain Pass on August 5th, 2025. According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), a silver ... Read More

A fatal vehicle crash occurred Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 550 near Colona, one day after a car rolled down Red Mountain Pass, killing two. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation ... Read More

Two adults have died, and one juvenile girl was taken to the hospital after a major crash along Red Mountain Pass, Colorado ... Read More

A juvenile was rescued after a crash in southwestern Colorado where a car went off the highway and rolled approximately 320 feet down the side of a mountain. Read More

According to the Colorado State Patrol, the crash involved a Honda Civic that went off the shoulder of Highway 550 near milepost 88, south of Ouray, around 8 a.m. Tuesday. Read More

Two adults died and a juvenile was rescued after their vehicle rolled hundreds of feet down a mountain along the Million Dollar Highway. Read More

A juvenile survived a crash in southwestern Colorado where a car went off the highway and rolled approximately 320 feet down the side of a mountain. Read More

Two people were killed after a car crashed on Red Mountain Pass and rolled 320 feet down the mountain, landing upside-down in a creek on Tuesday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Read More

Motorists should expect up to 40 minutes of additional travel time on U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton on Monday and Tuesday as the Colorado Department of Transportation performs ... Read More

CDOT will close US Highway 550 for helicopter maintenance on May 29, impacting travel between Silverton and Ouray. Read More

On Thursday, May 29, the Colorado Department of Transportation will perform safety-critical helicopter operations on US Highway 550 between the Red Mountain Pass Summit and the Bear Creek Overlook ... Read More

SOUTHWEST COLORADO (KKTV) - The Colorado Department of Transportation announced Friday the temporary closure of US Highway 550 Red Mountain Pass for '?safety-critical winter maintenance.'? ... Read More

Fire destroyed a home south of Durango on Sunday, displacing a La Plata County family and closing U.S. Highway 550 for more than five hours. The fire was reported about 12:20 p.m. in the 6000 block ... Read More

Two vehicles were caught in a snow slide Thursday morning in Colorado's Red Mountain Pass, prompting mitigation efforts in the area. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, a ... Read More

Ouray and Telluride (of course) - and loops through two national forests in southwestern Colorado. It measures more than 230 miles and includes Colorado State Highway 145, U.S. Route 550 ... Read More

A crash on U.S. Highway 550 near Electra Lake, 4 miles south of Purgatory Resort, shut down all lanes of travel a little after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency personnel responded to an initial ... Read More

A head-on crash on U.S. Highway 550 near Electra Lake, 4 miles south of Purgatory Resort, shut down all lanes of travel shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Both lanes of traffic reopened at 2:15 p.m. Read More

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A Colorado road was temporarily closed ... three and a half miles from U.S. Highway 550. A portion of the road was completely blocked due to '?significant'? damage ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation announced Friday the temporary closure of US Highway 550 Red Mountain Pass for '?safety-critical winter maintenance.'? CDOT said traffic will be stopped in both ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has announced a temporary road closure for US Highway 550 at Red Mountain Pass as crews undertake essential ... Read More

US Highway 550 Coal Bank and Molas Passes will close ... implemented due to the intensity of snowfall expected tonight. Colorado Department of Transportation personnel have been monitoring the ... Read More

Snell allegedly struck a passenger car from behind last June, as it was stopped for active construction on U.S. 550 south of town ... 34, the Colorado State Patrol alleges. Another car passenger ... Read More

Don't blow a fuse this Fourth of July driving from Durango to Silverton. As road construction continues on U.S. Highway 550 north of Molas Pass, drivers should expect delays over the Fourth of July ... Read More

A woman controlling traffic in a construction zone hangs on to her hard hat as high winds hit Highway 550 near Montrose in April 2023.(Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun) The number of people killed in ... Read More

In recent years, moose have returned to Silverton seemingly in full force, especially in the stretch northwest of town along U.S. Highway 550 toward Red Mountain Pass. In fact, moose are so common in ... Read More

U.S. 550 Red Mountain Pass, the summit of the Millon Dollar Highway in southwest Colorado, will be closed for an extended period of time. See the latest traffic conditions in Denver on FOX31 ... Read More

Travelers planning to navigate the mountainous stretch of US 550 between Ouray and Silverton ... series of state highways, US 160 from Durango to Mancos, CO 184 from Mancos to Dolores, CO 145 ... Read More

More than six months after a construction-zone crash claimed the lives of two Montrose women, the District Attorney's Office has filed vehicular homicide charges against the alleged at-fault driver. Read More

A Durango High School student and football star, who was severely injured in a head-on collision north of Aztec, reportedly caused the crash that killed an Aztec man and severely injured his family. Read More

A Durango High School student, who was severely injured in a head-on collision north of Aztec, reportedly caused the crash that killed an Aztec man and severely injured his family. Braxton Waddell, ... Read More

Durango High School football star middle linebacker Braxton Waddell was among those injured in a head-on crash Sunday north of Aztec that killed one and injured four. The crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. Read More

Motorists are furious as a 19-mile diversion has been put in place - because of just 550 yards of roadworks. Part of St Margarets Hill, in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, will be closed for five days for ... Read More

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. ( KREX) - U.S. Highway 550 closed Tuesday afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Read More

Located just east of the town of Ophir (about 15 miles south of Telluride ... the path stretches about 10 miles between Colorado State Highway 145 and U.S. Route 550 and climbs as high as ... Read More

A Sunday rainstorm caused a mudslide on U.S. Highway 550 near mile marker 33 just north of the Hermosa Speedway gas station. The area received around 0.25 inches of rain on Sunday as of 5 p.m. Read More

For most people, a Colorado holiday is anchored by images of Front Range cities ... Before heading to Durango on U.S. Highway 550, also known as the Million Dollar Highway (so named as it purportedly ... Read More

TUKO.co.ke journalist Japhet Ruto has over eight years of ... "The cost of completing the Trans African Highways is estimated at about $4.2 billion (KSh 550.2 billion)," AfDB stated. The road network ... Read More

Adventure rigs don't have to be able to traverse all terrains, but they do need at least some off-road capability. Not everything can be a rock crawler - don't we wish! - but they'll need to be able ... Read More

A Utah woman charged in a 2023 hit-and-run that left a Durango motorcyclist missing part of her leg was arrested last week on suspicion of drunken driving. Brittany Dee, 24, was taken into custody ... Read More

Two people died and three were injured when a truck hit and traveled on top of a car that was stopped for construction of U.S. 550 Thursday afternoon. Read More

A large flatbed truck heading south on U.S. Highway 550 drove off the road at mile post 51, north of Purgatory Resort, and slid down an embankment around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Colorado State Patrol ... Read More

A fatal crash south of Durango closed U.S. Highway 550 in both directions Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at 11:17 a.m. near mile marker 9, near Sunnyside Elementary School and County Road ... Read More

Idaho 21 is just one of three highways in the United States that fall under the '?High'? category on the Avalanche Hazard Index, along with State Highway 210 in Utah and U.S. Highway 550 in Colorado. Read More

BRADLEY, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A bus failed to stop and clipped a snowplow owned by the Lincoln County Highway Department with its side mirror last week Tuesday. According to a Lincoln County official, the ... Read More

The winter storm that has blanketed Colorado with brutally cold arctic air and snow continued Monday, ensnaring mountain traffic, canceling flights and closing schools. The National Weather Service ... Read More

Residents of one El Paso County community is fighting against the expansion of a housing project around their neighborhood, that would also encroach upon Fort Carson. The proposed expansion comes from ... Read More

Get There: From Silverton, head north on US Highway 550, then west at Red Mountain Pass on Forest Road 823 to the top. Colorado's Black Bear Pass Road (Forest Road 648) is infamous for vehicle ... Read More

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 10.05 on Monday night on the Montrose public road, East Coast Demerara, which resulted in the death of a worker who was part of ... Read More

This Mobile Home Tax Lien is located at Highway 550, Durango, CO 81301. It has , 1,092 sqft of living space. This property is Tax Lien with an estimated market value of $242,080. This mobile home ... Read More

A local man died Tuesday when his vehicle struck a trailer being pulled behind an oncoming pickup truck on U.S. 550. Read More

Carrie Peterson, a physician assistant, said she was riding in an open-air rail car looking west toward Highway 550 when the crash occurred ... of Trimble Lane (County Road 252), according to the ... Read More

Durango Police Department officers were dispatched to the scenes of six crashes and nine stranded motorists on Friday as the area's first snowstorm of the season took hold of roads in and around the ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation says all the funding pieces are in place to connect U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango with the Grandview interchange - known locally as the '?Bridge to ... Read More

DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) - A rock slide has closed a lane of Highway 550 about 12 miles south of ... of the slide is about 6 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico border. Read More

U.S. Highway 550 reopened about 4:40 p.m. after a rollover crash north of Coal Bank Pass on Thursday. A single car was southbound when it rolled, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the Colorado State ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation has reopened Highway 550 on Red Mountain Pass after conducting avalanche mitigation following a slide on Sunday night. Read More

OURAY, Colo. (CBS4 / AP) - Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportation now say Highway 550 in Southwestern Colorado will be closed indefinitely as rock work continues on steep slopes ... Read More

: The Ouray County coroner has identified the victim in Monday's crash as Alixzander Thomsen, 34, of Ouray. Thomsen died when his Dodge Caravan struck the trailer a Ford pickup ... Read More