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Several roads remain closed in northeast Colorado after blizzard

Still snowing and blowing over northeastern Colorado
Still snowing and blowing over northeastern Colorado 03:13

On Wednesday, several roads remained closed in northeast Colorado after the blizzard blew through the state on Tuesday. The storm system brought snow and high winds, which caused white-out conditions along the Eastern Plains.

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CDOT

The Colorado Department of Transportation reopened I-70 from US 40 to the Kansas border on Tuesday night but several others roads, including I-76 east to the Nebraska state line due to "safety concerns."

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Nathaniel Lauer

I-76 was open westbound only from Sterling to Denver.

There was no estimate on reopening eastbound lanes of I-76. 

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