HIGHWAY 160 RECONSTRUCTION: Changing Downtown Traffic Patterns This Week

Concrete travel lanes have been poured and cured and traffic will shift from the south side of US Highway 160 to the north side Wednesday of this week, June 3. Traffic Shift: Motorists can expect ...

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Latest US 160 Colorado News Reports

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    • Sep 24, 2026 1:53pm

    Huerfano County - The Colorado Department of Transportation and its contract partner, United Companies, completed the resurfacing of US Highway 160 from Colorado Highway 12 to Walsenburg. Work began ... Read More

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    • Sep 09, 2026 09:24am

    PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. ( KREX) - A single-vehicle rollover crash closed Highway 160 west of Pagosa Springs on Wednesday morning. The rollover, which happened around 8:28 a.m., involved a semi hauling ... Read More

  • HIGHWAY 160 UPDATE: Week of Sept. 8-12
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Sep 03, 2026 10:08pm

    Harman Park & Piedra Road Work is scheduled to begin at this intersection of US 160 in mid-September. Working hours will be 9am to 3pm, Monday-Saturday. Please allow extra time to get through the work ... Read More

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    • Aug 18, 2026 5:00pm

    Street On Wednesday, August 19 beginning at 7pm, westbound 7th Street will be shut down to one lane with alternating traffic to supp ... Read More

  • Vehicle, trailer fire temporarily closes U.S. 160
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Aug 05, 2026 1:11pm

    A vehicle and trailer fire on U.S. 160 on Wolf Creek Pass Tuesday, Aug. 4, sent one to the hospital and closed the highway for a period of time. According to Colorado State Patrol Trooper ... Read More

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    • Jul 28, 2026 08:46am

    A structure fire forced the closure of Highway 160 and the evacuation of a mobile home park in Durango. According to the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, several agencies are working to extinguish a ... Read More

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    • Jul 25, 2026 5:00pm

    The Mancos Creative District will host a release party for the Mixed in Mancos 2025 album from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Mancos Brewing Co., 484 U.S. Highway 160 E. Frontage Road in Mancos. Read More

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    • Jul 13, 2026 06:50am

    Street Beginning, Tuesday, July 14, parking will be impacted at the intersection of 3rd Street and US 160 for sidewalk removal and replacement. This operation is anticipated t ... Read More

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    • Jun 12, 2026 2:46pm

    Two motorcyclists were killed in separate crashes in less than 24 hours Wednesday and Thursday in La Plata County. The first crash occurred about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday on Camino del Rio where the ... Read More

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    • Jun 11, 2026 11:24am

    A crash involving two semis resulted in the closure of a Colorado highway after one of the vehicles was reportedly leaking around 150 gallons of fuel. Read More

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    • Jun 02, 2026 00:15am

    Concrete travel lanes have been poured and cured and traffic will shift from the south side of US Highway 160 to the north side Wednesday of this week, June 3. Traffic Shift: Motorists can expect ... Read More

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    • May 22, 2026 06:31am

    The project team will wrap up work at the end of the day Thursday, May 21 in preparation for the Memorial Holiday weekend returning to work on Tuesday, May 26. Striping operations will take place on ... Read More

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    • Apr 27, 2026 06:41am

    Due to forecasted inclement weather, the project team is pushing the excavation, utility work and paving of the dogleg near courthouse corner, on US 160 to start on Monday, May 4. Traffic will be ... Read More

  • HIGHWAY 160 RECONSTRUCTION: Week of April 13-19
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Apr 10, 2026 06:39am

    Water utility work continues in the Lewis Street and U.S. 160 intersection. Crews have been busy doing all the utility locations in the area. The intersection closure at Lewis Street and U.S. 160 ... Read More

  • HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION: March 30-April 4
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Mar 31, 2026 07:02am

    Potholing begins at the Lewis Street intersection in preparation for utility work, and water utility work begins underground at the intersection. Crews will prepare the subgrade for pouring concrete ... Read More

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    • Mar 28, 2026 10:00am

    Durango City Council has approved preliminary plans for Lightner Creek Commons, a 29-unit affordable housing project at the former Animas High School site at 271 Twin Buttes Ave. along U.S. Highway ... Read More

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    • Mar 17, 2026 5:00pm

    The Colorado Department of Transportation announced this week that it will be resurfacing 6 miles of U.S. Highway 160 southeast of Durango beginning Monday. A CDOT news release said the project is ... Read More

  • CSP seeking info on serious injury hit-and-run
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Mar 16, 2026 4:13pm

    The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) is seeking information from the community about a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian seriously injured near Pagosa Springs on ... Read More

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    • Mar 16, 2026 06:17am

    Due to emergency utility repairs on the north side of the 3rd Street intersection at Highway 160, the Lewis Street closure scheduled for last week will begin today, Monday, March 16. Motorists should ... Read More

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    • Mar 12, 2026 12:41pm

    Due to emergency utility repairs on the north side of the 3rd Street intersection at U.S. 160 (Pagosa Street), the Lewis Street closure will now begin Monday, March 16. Motorists should anticipate ... Read More

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    • Mar 09, 2026 06:44am

    The Lewis Street / Highway 160 intersection closure begins March 11, and motorists should anticipate traffic congestion and longer wait times on US 160 while concrete barriers are being moved to ... Read More

  • Crashes result in deaths, injuries
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Nov 05, 2025 7:10pm

    Multiple people died and others were injured in a series of crashes that took place in the area earlier this week. A 23-year-old New York man was killed after the semi he was driving went off ... Read More

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    • Nov 03, 2025 5:18pm

    A semi truck driver died after the truck he was driving went off the side of Highway 160 and down the mountainside in Wolf Creek Pass on Monday, Nov. 3. According to the Colorado State Patrol (CSP), ... Read More

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    • Nov 03, 2025 5:04pm

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) - A 75-year-old man is dead as a result of a crash that took place on New Walkertown Road on Sunday night, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department. At around 8:56 p ... Read More

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    • Nov 03, 2025 4:33pm

    The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) responded to a crash Monday morning involving a semi-truck that went off the side of the highway and down the mountainside on U.S. Highway 160 about 17 miles northeast ... Read More

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    • Nov 03, 2025 4:09pm

    A 23-year-old man is dead after a semi-truck he was driving Monday tumbled down a Colorado mountainside, authorities said. The Colorado State Patrol responded to the crash that sent the semi-truck off ... Read More

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    • Nov 03, 2025 3:05pm

    A semi driver died after crashing off the road on Wolf Creek Pass and the initial investigation shows that he had been speeding on the steep and winding mountain road, according to CSP. Read More

  • HIGHWAY 160 RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE: November 3-8
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Nov 03, 2025 06:56am

    The project team, tirelessly working on the U.S. 160 reconstruction project, knocked off work early on Friday, October 31, to make way for the downtown Halloween festivities. Crew members put down ... Read More

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    • Sep 30, 2025 07:13am

    3rd to 4th Street / Pagosa Middle School - Forming and pouring sidewalks continues. Curb and gutter and sidewalk paving may occur day or night. Pedestrian detours should be expected. Read More

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    • Aug 26, 2025 09:59am

    Both lanes of traffic were temporarily shut down on Monday afternoon two miles west of West Plains on Highway 160 and County Road 8010 due to a two vehicle accident. The accident occurred when a ... Read More

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    • Aug 11, 2025 07:26am

    Nighttime paving operations are scheduled tonight, Monday, August 11, and Tuesday, August 12. Some smaller paving operations are anticipated to take place throughout the next few weeks, from 1st to ... Read More

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    • Jul 28, 2025 10:08pm

    Paving operations are starting in downtown Pagosa Springs. The Highway 160 reconstruction project is about to hit a major milestone with concrete paving work beginning this week. The paving will ... Read More

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    • Jul 15, 2025 1:58pm

    A single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 160 closed the westbound lane at mile marker 75 between Durango and Hesperus. Two people were in the vehicle, which caught fire after crashing, said Colorado ... Read More

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    • Jun 20, 2025 4:11pm

    An infant involved in a head-on collision Thursday survived uninjured in a Honda CRV that hit an oncoming Dodge Ram pickup while trying to pass vehicles on U.S. Highway 160 near the Montezuma County ... Read More

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    • Jun 19, 2025 11:51am

    A head-on collision Thursday morning killed one person and injured another on U.S. Highway 160 east of Cortez near the fairgrounds, according to Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin. U.S. 160 is ... Read More

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    • Jun 18, 2025 06:16am

    Crews are making progress on the water main and service lines. The project team is working on plans to install a large waterline under US 160 next week which would complete that work around 2nd Street ... Read More

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    • Jun 02, 2025 06:47am

    Mountain Express Transit Bus Stop Information The River Center stop #18 has moved to 1st St. and US 160 in front of the museum. Bus stop #19, 2nd St. and US 160 has moved to 2nd St. and Lewis St. Bus ... Read More

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    • Mar 25, 2025 06:30am

    Starting Tuesday, concrete barriers to delineate the work zone from the two-way traffic will be installed. Once the concrete barrier is in place, eastbound drivers will have a left-turn lane going ... Read More

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    • Mar 05, 2025 3:46pm

    In an effort to enhance safety and slow down traffic, the Colorado Department of Transportation lowered speed limits on U.S. Highways 491 and 160. The changes are concentrated near Montezuma-Cortez ... Read More

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    • 492 views
    • Jan 15, 2025 03:00am

    The famed Billy Goat Saloon along U.S. Highway 160 - 2½ miles west of Bayfield - closed its doors in August. But it has made a quick return under a new name with familiar faces. The ... Read More

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    • Jan 02, 2025 03:00am

    The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) recently responded to a pair of incidents in the area of Yellowjacket Pass, with one closing the road for hours and the other resulting in serious injury. Read More

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    • Dec 12, 2024 4:24pm

    Upper Pine River Fire Protection District responded to a semitrailer rollover Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 160 near mile marker 109, about 6 miles northeast of Bayfield. At 7:28 a.m., a ... Read More

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    • Dec 09, 2024 4:00pm

    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

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    • Nov 13, 2024 10:23pm

    Learn more about Alamosa Alternative Education School here ... Alamosa Alternative Education School is unranked in Colorado Middle Schools. ... 17523 East Highway 160, Blanca, CO 81123 (24 miles) ... Read More

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    • Oct 23, 2024 2:12pm

    One person was killed and another was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday west of Durango. The crash was reported about 2:40 p.m. in the 15000 block of U.S. Highway 160, which is ... Read More

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    • Oct 23, 2024 2:12pm

    Emergency workers were responding Wednesday afternoon to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Durango. The crash was reported about 2:40 p.m. in the 15000 block of U.S. Highway 160, which ... Read More

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    • Oct 20, 2024 10:06am

    This weekend's brush with winter in the High Country is a good reminder for drivers of big vehicles: under a new state law, you better have your chains! Read More

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    • Oct 06, 2024 6:21pm

    A fatal collision on U.S. Highway 160 at milepost 73 near Hesperus closed the highway for seven hours Sunday. Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman Sherri Mendez said the crash, which occurred at 9:17 ... Read More

  • Bicycle accident claims life on U.S. 160
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Sep 24, 2024 08:13am

    The Pagosa Springs Police Department is deeply saddened to report a fatal bicycle accident that occurred Saturday on U.S. 160 at 8 th Street. On Sept. 21 at approximately 1:44 p.m., the Pagosa ... Read More

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    • Sep 22, 2024 5:01pm

    10, the Pagosa Springs Planning Commission ... '?If you give me approval, I'd love to, between now and June, be done before you guys start the highway [160] project,'? Ford said. '?I think one of the ... Read More

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    • Aug 30, 2024 06:10am

    We've heard this argument from realtors and developers for at least the past 30 years, and their promises have now brought us to a point where the ... 5 acres of land located at X W Highway 160, ... Read More

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    • Aug 19, 2024 06:58am

    If you are interested in the planned Colorado Department of Transportation reconstruction of the downtown segment of Highway 160, you don't want to miss the next Cone Zone Update. CDOT will join us ... Read More

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    • Jul 24, 2024 5:00pm

    A missing 5-year-old boy whose mother was killed in early July in Pagosa Springs has been found safe ... was seen with his 43-year-old father Charles Martinez driving along Highway 160 in Cortez in a ... Read More

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    • Jul 19, 2024 12:44pm

    Motorcycle crashes and fatalities are on the rise this summer in Colorado. This year, 15.5% of the fatal crashes statewide have involved motorcycles, according to Colorado State Patrol. In the first ... Read More

  • Bison Burger Cook Off
    • Colorado
    • La Veta
    • US 160
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    • Jul 05, 2024 05:01am

    6794 hwy 12 La Veta Colorado , 6505 State Highway 12, La Veta, CO 81055-9693, United States,La Veta, Colorado View on map ... Read More

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    • Jul 03, 2024 2:06pm

    Through July 7, one lane will be open on the bridge, and pilot cars, at slow speeds, will lead single-direction traffic between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The only exception is the extended hours on July ... Read More

  • Serious crash in Braintree Saturday morning
    • Colorado
    • South Fork
    • US 160
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    • Jun 29, 2024 07:09am

    Serious damage was done to a pickup truck and utility pole on Hancock Street when a car crashed into them early Saturday morning. Read More

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    • Apr 15, 2024 11:54am

    Homes in the area of Highway 160 and CR 225A in Durango have been evacuated after a crash caused a truck carrying liquid natural gas to begin leaking. Read More

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    • Apr 15, 2024 11:35am

    Crews were on the scene of a single-vehicle crash involving a liquid natural gas tanker that injured the driver and closed U.S. 160 in both directions 5 miles east of Durango Monday morning. The ... Read More

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    • Jan 20, 2024 8:45pm

    On average, 500 truckloads of snow hauled from downtown after large winter storm events Heavy snows turn the city of Durango into a winter wonderland ... state highways such as U.S. highways 160 and ... Read More

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    • Jan 08, 2024 05:52am

    Shortly after 6:00 a.m., Highway 287 closed in both directions from Lamar in Prowers County to the Colorado-Oklahoma state line. A short time later, Highway 160 in Baca County closed from Springfield ... Read More

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    • Jan 07, 2024 08:01am

    Following heavy snowfall from Sunday's storm, the Colorado Department of Transportation will temporarily close an 8-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 160 between Wolf Creek ... Service forecast estimates ... Read More

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    • Nov 15, 2023 8:57pm

    Alamosa Online is unranked in Colorado Elementary Schools and unranked in Colorado Middle Schools. ... 17891 Us Hwy 285, La Jara, CO 81140 ... 17523 East Highway 160, Blanca, CO 81123 ... Read More

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    • Oct 26, 2023 4:25pm

    U.S. Highway 160 near Cortez, Colorado, is closed because of a truck on fire. The road is closed from milepost 5 to 18.2. The incident happened around milepost 7. The truck fire occurred at about 3:45 ... Read More

  • Arborglyphs: holding
    • Colorado
    • Pagosa Springs
    • US 160
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    • Oct 13, 2023 4:05pm

    In the beautiful forests surrounding Buckles Lake to the south of Pagosa Springs, a tree comes crashing down ... our human sensibilities tell us that we must hold on to aspen, especially ones with ... Read More

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    • Dec 29, 2022 3:52pm

    DEL NORTE, Calif. - Highway 199 will be fully closed again on Tuesday in Del Norte County. Highway 199 near the 101 junction will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday of next ... Read More

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    • Jul 19, 2022 1:49pm

    Sat May 11 2024 at 07:00 pm to Sun May 12 2024 at 01:00 am (GMT-07:00) ... Read More

  • 2006 Dodge Durango Review
    • Colorado
    • Durango
    • US 160
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    • 102 views
    • May 12, 2022 07:55am

    The Durango was awarded the National Highway Traffic Safety ... power-adjustable driver's seat, and 160-amp alternator. The SLT comes standard with the same cloth seats as the SXT, but leather ... Read More

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    • Oct 28, 2021 5:00pm

    Construction on the wildlife crossing along U.S. Highway 160 between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs will enter a second year. The Colorado Department of Transportation announced on Dec. 1 that work ... Read More

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    • Nov 13, 2019 12:04pm

    Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Blake White said authorities received a report of the crash around 3:45 a.m. Saturday, near mile marker 162 on U.S. Highway 160, near the hairpin turn on the west side of ... Read More

  • The Denver Post Online's Guide to Recreation
    • Colorado
    • Fort Garland
    • US 160
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    • 89 views
    • Aug 09, 2019 02:54am

    The next planned encampment at Fort Garland is Aug. 17 and 18. At that event, Lobato will face the firing squad in the hands of the First Colorado Independent Battery. On the Map. Take Interstate 25 ... Read More

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    • Aug 31, 2018 1:59pm

    MADISON (WLUK) -- Governor Scott Walker announced the reopening of U.S. 2 at North Fish Creek in Bayfield County Friday.A part of the highway was closed due to the severe weather that it the area ... Read More

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    • Aug 25, 2018 7:25pm

    According to Colorado Springs Public Affairs, Highway 17 is closed in both directions five miles north of Alamosa. Skip to content. All Sections. Read More

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    • Jul 06, 2018 11:46am

    (CBS4) - The Colorado highway that runs up and over La Veta Pass is set to reopen after being closed for more than a week as the Spring Fire continues to burn. Highway 160 has been closed between ... Read More

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    • Feb 03, 2018 03:56am

    Wildlife bridges and underpasses led to a dramatic decline in animal-related car crashes, according to Mark Lawler, a biologist for Colorado ... U.S. 160, in the area between Durango and Bayfield ... Read More

  • IF YOU GO: Walsenburg
    • Colorado
    • Walsenburg
    • US 160
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    • Dec 02, 2017 4:00pm

    Lathrop State Park is three miles west of Walsenburg on U.S. Highway 160. The Ludlow Massacre site and the Ludlow Memorial Monument is 21 miles south of Walsenburg. Take I-25 south to Exit 27 ... Read More

  • Highway work underway from Del Norte to MV
    • Colorado
    • Del Norte
    • US 160
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    • 127 views
    • Jul 14, 2017 5:00pm

    RIO GRANDE COUNTY - On Monday, July 10, the Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor United Companies began a project that will improve US Highway (US) 160 from the west side of Del Norte ... Read More

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    • 87 views
    • May 20, 2016 11:42pm

    The driver of a black GMC Jimmy will be charged with four counts of careless driving causing injury following a crash on U. S. Highway 160 on Friday, according to the Colorado State Patrol. ... Read More

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    • 163 views
    • Jul 08, 2014 7:35pm

    Motorists traveling between Mancos and Dolores today must use U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado State Highway 145 because State Highway 184 is closed until Thursday at 6 a.m. to allow the Colorado ... Read More

  • Road Trip: San Luis Valley, Colorado
    • Colorado
    • Fort Garland
    • US 160
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    • 91 views
    • Sep 13, 2010 5:00pm

    eastward to Fort Garland, then southwest to Cumbres Pass near the Colorado-New Mexico border. Back on Highway 160 drive west; just across the bridge turn north on Highway 17, the northern stretch ... Read More

  • La Veta man killed when bike hits deer
    • Colorado
    • La Veta
    • US 160
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    • 112 views
    • May 25, 2006 5:01pm

    two miles south of Colorado 160 near the La Veta Airport. Bailey was southbound on his 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle when the accident occurred at 9:45 p.m. Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Read More

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