Moab Bound? I70 Westbound Closure between Eagle and Wolcott (as of Tuesday 3:45 PM)

[Inukshuk]

Moab Bound? I70 Closure between Eagle and Wolcott (as of 3:45 PM Tuesday)

UPDATE: Westbound I-70 reopens after crews repair sinkhole

It was a busy Tuesday for Colorado Department of Transportation employees in Eagle County. A spring storm created early-morning closures on Vail Pass before a rapidly expanding sinkhole on the westbound shoulder of Interstate 70...

www.vaildaily.com

UPDATE: Westbound Interstate 70 is still closed at Wolcott, or mile marker 157, for a sinkhole repair. The closure began around 11 a.m.

The sinkhole is on the shoulder on the westbound side of the interstate near mile marker 147, or Eagle. The hole was spotted around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to Elise Thatcher, spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Initially, just the outside lane was closed, but crews watched the sinkhole grow, prompting the full closure.
Crews confined the sinkhole by digging around it to solid ground, bringing the full size of the hole to 20 feet by 13 feet by 8 feet deep. No water was found in the soil and hole was dry, according to Thatcher.
The CDOT maintenance team is backfilling the hole with soil as of 2 p.m.
Traffic has been rerouted to U.S. Highway 6 and eastbound traffic has been unaffected.

 

[J Kimmel]

Have to take 6 to get through should be a relatively minor delay

 

[AimCOTaco]

Im sitting on 70 now, crawling along

 

[AimCOTaco]

20 minute deal...

 

[Johnny Utah]

Thanks for the update @AimCOTaco. I was just looking at the COtrip planner app and it’s showing only the right lane closed.

 

[Fisher67]

Had to drive up to Eagle for a meeting today and saw a lot of Toyotas headed west. Occurred to me that must be folks headed to Cruise Moab. Hope everyone has a good time and comes home safe. After making my first CM last year, am headed to a week of flyfishing in Cuba next week and couldn’t pull both trips so close to each other.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Had to drive up to Eagle for a meeting today and saw a lot of Toyotas headed west. Occurred to me that must be folks headed to Cruise Moab. Hope everyone has a good time and comes home safe. After making my first CM last year, am headed to a week of flyfishing in Cuba next week and couldn’t pull both trips so close to each other.

Whatcha fishing for out there?

 

[Fisher67]

Never been to Cuba, but am going to the Isla de la Juventud area which has great fishing for tarpon, snook, bonefish and permit. Plus I am turkey hunting this weekend, so no CM this year.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Never been to Cuba, but am going to the Isla de la Juventud area which has great fishing for tarpon, snook, bonefish and permit. Plus I am turkey hunting this weekend, so no CM this year.

Nice, I would love to go for permit on a fly one day. So crazy expensive to do most saltwater guided trips though.