While you wait, you'll have plenty of time to contemplate these ten facts about the Eisenhower Tunnel:ġ.
In the meantime, there will be traffic stops of at least twenty minutes from 10 p.m.
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The work will require overnight alternating traffic with full closures of one direction of travel through the tunnel Sunday through Thursday nights until the project is complete, with a target for summer 2024. It also indicated it was time to do some repairs, which start today, July 9, when CDOT will begin a project to remove and replace all cameras, variable message boards, lane use signs, and fiber in the tunnel. And that it opened for the first time on Mawhich means it turned the big 5-0 this year, which the Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol marked a few months ago with “ Connecting Colorado for 50 Years.”īut turning fifty wasn't just a case for celebration. That it punches right through the Continental Divide, marking the line of demarcation between the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds. That at an elevation of 11,155 feet, it was the highest tunnel in the world for many years, and is still the highest in the United States. There’s a lot about the tunnel that's common knowledge: that it actually comprises two double-bore twin tunnels a little over a mile and a half long.
But don’t let its simple utility fool you: The Eisenhower Tunnel is one of the most important facilities in the entire state, generating not only commercial traffic, but greatly increased tourism dollars. The Eisenhower Tunnel isn’t one of Colorado’s primary tourist attractions.
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