RTD Press Release

Crews for the Regional Transportation District are scheduled to close all eastbound lanes of U.S. 36 between Wadsworth and 104th Avenue from 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, through 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The closure will allow the first segment of a new pedestrian bridge to be placed across the eastbound span of the highway near Odeum Colorado (formerly the Broomfield Events Center), as part of the U.S. 36 Phase I Transit Improvements.

Starting at 8 p.m., one lane in each direction will be closed to allow crews to mobilize. At 10 p.m., traffic on the westbound side will remain open, but eastbound lanes will close. Eastbound traffic will be detoured from Wadsworth Parkway over to Church Ranch Road and back to U.S. 36. All construction activities are weather-dependent and subject to change.

The placement of the pedestrian bridge was originally scheduled for mid-November, however recent weather conditions have pushed back the date. Crews have continued assembling the two additional segments of the pedestrian bridge during the delay and the overall project remains on schedule. The two other segments, one across the westbound lanes and the other outside Odeum Colorado, will be placed in early 2010.

The pedestrian bridge is the first step in moving the existing park-n-Ride from 120th Avenue and Wadsworth to the Arista Grand Parkade at 116th Avenue, which will occur next spring. The new park-n-Ride location and bus slip ramps will complete U.S. 36 Phase I Transit Improvements, which combine to save a total of up to 15 minutes for bus commuters each way between Denver and Boulder . The next phase of the project will be the joint Colorado Department of Transportation/RTD U.S. 36 Corridor project, which includes highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) elements and is partially funded through RTD’s FasTracks program.

U.S. 36 BRT service is proposed to run along the 18-mile corridor between Downtown Denver and Boulder. It will serve Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Superior, Louisville, Boulder, Niwot and Longmont.

For more information on the project, visit www.RTD-FasTracks.com.