{"id":36243,"date":"2019-11-26T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=61738"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:02:27","slug":"westbound-i-70-closed-near-idaho-springs-due-to-rock-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/westbound-i-70-closed-near-idaho-springs-due-to-rock-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"Westbound I-70 closed near Idaho Springs due to rock slide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Westbound Interstate 70 is closed at Exit 248, near Idaho Springs, due to a major rockslide, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT is asking motorists from the Front Range to use U.S. Highway 285 West as an alternative route to the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, westbound I-70 is closed at milemarker 171, at Dowd Junction in Eagle County, due to a fatal, multiple-vehicle crash involving a HAZMAT vehicle. Neither closure has an estimated time to reopen.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story will be updated when more information becomes available.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I-70 is CLOSED in BOTH directions between Dowd Jct (MP171) and Post Blvd (MP 168) due to Fatal crash, HAZMAT, and multiple other crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Expect closure for majority of day. Alt route is HWY 6.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfde-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EagleRiverFire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EagleRiverFire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cowx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cowx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cotraffic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cotraffic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kBFLZXifWG\">pic.twitter.com\/kBFLZXifWG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSP Eagle (@CSP_Eagle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSP_Eagle\/status\/1199318788019146753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westbound Interstate 70 is closed at Exit 248, near Idaho Springs, due to a major rockslide, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT is asking motorists from the Front Range to use U.S. Highway 285 West as an alternative route to the mountains. Additionally, westbound I-70 is closed at milemarker 171, at Dowd Junction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 11:39:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}