{"id":2844,"date":"2018-01-18T04:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/52.10.1.109\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2018-01-20T01:13:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T01:13:32","slug":"cdot-begins-construction-on-southbound-i-225-yosemite-to-i-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/?p=2844","title":{"rendered":"CDOT begins construction on southbound I-225: Yosemite to I-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Access restrictions:\u00a0 DTC Blvd. on-ramp traffic to southbound I-225 will be restricted to northbound I-25 and will not have access to southbound I-25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner KECI Colorado Inc. have begun work to ease congestion on southbound I-225 in the Denver Tech Center area. Crews will convert the shoulder into an additional lane on southbound I-225 by re-striping less than a mile from Yosemite St. to I-25.\u00a0 <\/span>The re-striping project is expected to reduce delays by more than 50 percent on one of the most congested bottlenecks in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drivers who use the DTC Blvd. on-ramp (coming from DTC Blvd., Yosemite St. and E. Quincy Ave.) to get on southbound I-225 where it merges with I-25 will not have access to southbound I-25. They will be directed to northbound I-25.\u00a0 <\/span>Other ways to get on southbound I-25 are Belleview and Orchard to the south and Hampden to the north.\u00a0 <\/span>The access restriction is necessary to prevent hazardous weaving and improve traffic flow on southbound I-225.\u00a0 <\/span>The access restriction will be permanent as part of the pilot project to reduce congestion on southbound I-225. Drivers on southbound I-225 prior to Yosemite St. will continue to have access to both southbound and northbound I-25.<\/span><\/p>\n

Construction and travel impacts<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Nighttime construction lasting up to one month – (Oct. 30 until mid to late November) Construction on southbound I-225 will take less than a month to complete.\u00a0 <\/span>Work will occur at nights with at least one lane open on southbound I-225.\u00a0 <\/span>The project should be completed by the end of November<\/span><\/p>\n

Nov. 3-6 \u2014<\/b> DTC Blvd. on-ramp to southbound I-225 closed. Crews placed concrete barriers that will restrict on-ramp traffic to northbound I-25.\u00a0 <\/span>The barriers were placed along the right shoulder of I-225 southbound.\u00a0 <\/span>The shoulder behind the barrier were converted to a travel lane, carrying DTC Blvd. on-ramp traffic to northbound I-25.\u00a0 <\/span>These barriers will be in place permanently beginning Nov. 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

Restriping southbound I-225 – (Nov. 10 – 13) \u2014 <\/b>Crews will restripe southbound I-225 from Yosemite St. to the I-25 interchange. Night and morning work only. Preparation work will take place the other nights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Construction hours<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Typical working hours on southbound I-225 are 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays, Fridays 11 p.m. to 10 a.m., Saturdays 9 p.m. to 10 a.m. and Sundays 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Night work to occur on the DTC Blvd on-ramp as well.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner KECI Colorado Inc. have begun work to ease congestion on southbound I-225 in the Denver Tech Center area. Crews will convert the shoulder into an additional lane on southbound I-225 by re-striping less than a mile from Yosemite St. to I-25.\u00a0 The re-striping project is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefs","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoloradostatesman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}