I-70 reopens east of Denver after being closed for several hours almost to Kansas state line
Both directions of I-70 in eastern Colorado were closed for several hours due to blowing snow on Thursday afternoon.
Strong gusts of wind combined with snowfall led to the adverse driving conditions.
The Colorado Department of Transportation posted an image of I-70 at Deer Trail that showed a lone semi traveling on snow-packed lanes.
Several other Colorado roads were also closed on Thursday for various periods of time to travel due to adverse conditions, multiple crashes and jackknifed semi trucks:
- I-70 EB/WB Airpark Blvd (Exit 292) to Burlington (Exit 438)
- US 40 EB/WB Limon to Kit Carson
- US 385 NB/SB Cheyenne Wells to US 36 (MP 216)
- CO 24 WB from Burlington to Siebert
- CO 71 NB/SB Limon to Ordway
- CO 86 EB/WB Kiowa to I-70
