Overnight closures for Cimarron/I-25 scheduled Oct. 8-15

Overnight closures for Cimarron/I-25 work scheduled Oct. 8-15

During an overnight paving operation requiring lane closures in late September, an employee (left) with Cimarron/I-25 contractor Kraemer North America winds up to toss a shovelful of asphalt to the opposite side as part of efforts to equalize the flow from the mechanized paving screed on the northbound side of I-25 above Colorado Avenue.

Westside Pioneer photo

Overnight closures at the Cimarron/I-25 interchange project - including the interstate and its ramps - are scheduled Oct. 8-15 (between about 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.), a press release states.
       The closures will allow various types of finalizing work to take place as the contractor, Kraemer North America, moves closer to its planned fall completion of the $113 million Colorado Department of Transportation project that started in May 2015.
       The closures will occur between about 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.
       FULL CLOSURES:
       - Southbound I-25 between Bijou and Tejon interchanges - surface work and final striping, Oct. 10-11.
       - Cimarron/I-25 southbound on- and off-ramps - traffic switch and final striping, Oct. 10-11.
       - Northbound I-25 between Tejon and Bijou interchanges - surface work and final striping, Oct. 8-9.
       LANE RESTRICTIONS:
       - Northbound I-25 between Tejon and Bijou interchanges (two lanes) - epoxy overlay, Oct. 13-15.
       - Highway 24/Cimarron Street from Eighth Street to Sierra Madre (one lane) - clean storm systems, Oct. 8-13.

From a press release
(Posted 10/6/17; Transportation: Cimarron/I-25)

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