RTD FasTracks Press Release

TRAFFIC ALERT

Westbound U.S. 36 will close overnight tonight, Jan. 28, for pedestrian bridge work

Denver, January 28, 2010 – Crews for the Regional Transportation District (RTD) are scheduled to close all westbound lanes of U.S. 36 between Church Ranch and S.H. 121 from 11 p.m. tonight, Jan. 28, through 5:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29.

Closure:

Thursday, Jan. 28 to Friday, Jan. 29

* Starting at 9 p.m., one lane of westbound U.S. 36 will be closed to allow crews to mobilize. At 11 p.m., both westbound lanes will close. All eastbound lanes will remain open during this construction.
* Westbound traffic will be detoured from Church Ranch Boulevard over to Wadsworth Parkway and back to U.S. 36.
* All construction activities are weather-dependent and subject to change.

The closure is required to adjust the bearing devices on one of the piers of the pedestrian bridge near Odeum Colorado (formerly the Broomfield Events Center). The final segment of the pedestrian bridge was set on Monday, Jan. 25, as part of the U.S. 36 Phase I Transit Improvements. The other two segments of the pedestrian bridge were placed in mid-December during an overnight closure of eastbound U.S. 36.

U.S. 36 BRT service is proposed to run along the18-mile corridor between Downtown Denver and Boulder. It will serve Denver, Westminster, Broomfield, Superior, Louisville and Boulder.

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