A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 has been closed in western Colorado after a rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on the highway.
The slide struck around midnight Sunday near the Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon, a deep and narrow chasm about 110 miles west of Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
All lanes are closed from Glenwood Springs east to the town of Dotsero. Up to 25,000 vehicles a day travel that section, CDOT spokeswoman Stacy Stegman said.
Officials haven’t determined how long the highway will be closed, Stegman said.
Read official updates from the Colorado Dept. of Transporation.