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I-70 eastbound reopens, Loveland Pass remains closed

Winter storm is compounding traffic during Thanksgiving holiday travel period

Traffic stacks up outside the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The major winter storm is expected to coincide with Thanksgiving travel.
Colorado Department of Transportation/Courtesy photo

7:15 p.m.: Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 between Silverthorne and the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels reopened around 7 p.m.

5:25 p.m.: Loveland Pass is closed in both directions between Interstate 70 and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, according to CoTrip.org. I-70 eastbound is still closed at Silverthorne.

4:45 p.m.: Eastbound Interstate 70 between the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels and Exit 205 to Silverthorne has closed again, according to CoTrip.org. Westbound remains open.



3:40 p.m.: Eastbound Interstate 70 between the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels and Exit 205 to Silverthorne has reopened, according to CoTrip.org. The section of highway is now open in both directions after closing earlier this afternoon due to the ongoing snowstorm.

3:15 p.m.: Westbound Interstate 70 between Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels and Exit 205 to Silverthorne has reopened, according to CoTrip.org. The eastbound portion of highway remains closed.



Original story: As a major snowstorm coincides with Thanksgiving travel, Interstate 70 through Colorado’s mountains is experiencing closures and difficult traveling conditions.

I-70 westbound and eastbound are closed between the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels and Exit 205 to Silverthorne, according to CoTrip.org. Colorado Department of Transportation cameras show ice-covered roads and traffic stacking up near the tunnels. 

Ahead of Tuesday, Nov. 26, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning telling drivers that the winter storm would make travel “difficult to impossible” in parts of the Colorado Rocky Mountains at times through Thanksgiving morning. Between 1-2 feet of snow are expected in parts of the mountains.


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