CDOT wraps up first of five overnight operations this week for multi-bridge project at I-25, US 50 East in Pueblo
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The next phase of the project to replace five bridges at a major highway interchange has begun.
Overnight Tuesday, crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) used a large crane to install the first of 22 pillars for the new I-25 overpass to US 50 East; the previous version was old and in poor condition after several impacts from semitrucks.
The pillar placement requires closing northbound I-25 overnights from Tuesday through Saturday, as well as westbound US 50 at the intersection of Bonforte Boulevard and Hudson Avenue.
During the day, northbound I-25 traffic will use a new bypass road, and a detour is in place for the US 50 closure.
CDOT says that more traffic shifts will happen as early as this weekend, when crews will move northbound I-25 traffic to the new southbound lanes; current southbound traffic will continue using single-lane bypass road.
Drivers should prepare for other lane and ramp closures in the area.
The $114 million construction project, believed to be the largest in Pueblo’s history, started in December 2024 and is scheduled for completion early next summer.
For more information and the schedule for this week’s traffic changes, visit: https://www.codot.gov/projects/us50i25interchange.
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