{"id":1314312,"date":"2019-09-05T18:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987172"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:30:04","slug":"sliding-into-place-motorists-face-significant-traffic-delays-leading-up-to-and-during-27th-street-bridge-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/sliding-into-place-motorists-face-significant-traffic-delays-leading-up-to-and-during-27th-street-bridge-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sliding into place: Motorists face \u2018significant traffic delays\u2019 leading up to and during 27th Street Bridge slide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction crews continue working on the new 27th Street Bridge in preparation for the temporary closure of the 27th Street Bridge, South Grand Avenue intersection, Atkinson Trail and the Roaring Fork River.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

If all goes as planned, come the morning of Sept. 16, the 27th Street Bridge will no longer rank among the worst-rated bridges in Colorado.<\/p>\n

Motorists may still access the 27th Street Bridge through Sept. 11 but should expect lane closures and alternating one-way traffic, including \u201cduring peak travel periods,\u201d according to a recent news release.<\/p>\n

During this time, crews will complete necessary utility work ahead of the forthcoming bridge slide.<\/p>\n

Additionally, residents in the area should anticipate construction noise and lighting as crews will work through the night.<\/p>\n

COMPLETE CLOSURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the utility work, beginning 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 and lasting through 6 a.m. Sept. 16 crews will again work around-the-clock to slide the new bridge into place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn just 84-hours, from the start of the closure to when the new bridge opens to traffic, our community will be getting a completely new traffic bridge,\u201d said Jessica Bowser, assistant city engineer and project manager, in a recent press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bridge slide will be an intricate operation and a major milestone for the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new traffic bridge, which was constructed just south of the existing 27th Street Bridge, will be slid laterally into place following the current bridge\u2019s deconstruction.<\/p>\n

During this time the 27th Street Bridge, South Grand Avenue intersection and Atkinson trail, all, will close to vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are taking every precaution to make sure that we are keeping people safe,\u201d said Bryana Starbuck, 27th Street Bridge Project public information manager.<\/p>\n

DETOURS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The city has asked motorists to utilize Eighth Street as the designated detour route to cross the Roaring Fork River.<\/p>\n

Pedestrians and cyclists should use the Old Cardiff Bridge or the 14th Street Bridge as their detour route.<\/p>\n

Additionally, with no through river access at 27th Street during the bridge slide closure, Roaring Fork River users must either eddy-out at or before 3-Mile Creek or access the river farther downstream.<\/p>\n

River users may call 970-618-5379 before floating for the most up-to-date river status.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working in a really constrained site area and there is not a good place near the site to be able to see the deconstruction or the slide of the bridge,\u201d said Starbuck. \u201cWe are asking folks to avoid the site area just to make sure that we are able to focus on construction activities and we want to keep everyone safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starbuck emphasized that parents of students that attend schools near the construction site set aside additional travel time particularly on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complete bridge closure and slide will include that Friday of school,\u201d said Starbuck. \u201cWhen parents are planning on getting kiddos to and from school, know that it is going to take extra time that Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the most up-to-date information, residents may signup for ConeZone email updates at cogs.us\/NotifyMe or by contacting the project team at 27thStreetBridge@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Construction crews continue working on the new 27th Street Bridge in preparation for the temporary closure of the 27th Street Bridge, South Grand Avenue intersection, Atkinson Trail and the Roaring Fork River.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent If all goes as planned, come the morning of Sept. 16, the 27th Street Bridge will no longer rank […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 05:10:13","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}