The Patterson and 25 Road signal is off Saturday, the westbound US 6 closure through Palisade is off COtrip's list, Rifle closes East Seventh Street through Wednesday, US 50 at Blue Mesa gets 20-minute holds, and Hanging Lake Tunnel holds run through Oct. 31.
The emergency westbound US 6 closure through Palisade is off COtrip's list, the Patterson and 25 Road signal goes dark one more Saturday, Rifle closes East Seventh Street for paving, and US 50 toward Gunnison gets 20-minute holds. Here's what's under construction in Mesa, Garfield and Montrose counties this weekend and the week of Oct. 19.
By Western Slope Trellis
The weekend's biggest headache is Patterson Road and 25 Road, where the signal shuts off Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. while crews switch on the new one, and both roads drop to one lane each way. Last week's headline closure, westbound US 6 through Palisade, was no longer listed on COtrip Friday morning.
Rifle has East Seventh Street closed through Wednesday for repaving. Drivers heading from Montrose toward Gunnison should plan for daily 20-minute holds on US 50 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Monday through Thursday. And westbound I-70 keeps its holds of up to 10 minutes at the Hanging Lake Tunnel through Oct. 31.
Everything below comes from the city, county or state agency running the job, current as of Friday morning, Oct. 16, when we also checked COtrip for state highway closures.
Patterson Road and 25 Road run on flaggers Saturday, Oct. 17, from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., while crews install the new mast arm, energize the new signal and remove the old one, according to the city's Four Canyons Parkway page. Each road drops to one lane in each direction, and left turns from westbound Patterson onto southbound 25 Road are not allowed, per the city's weekly traffic update posted Friday. If you can go around it Saturday, do.
Four Canyons Parkway between F½ Road and Flat Top Lane was targeted to open Oct. 9; the city has not posted whether it did.
Ute and Pitkin avenues are each a single lane between Third and Sixth streets for CDOT's rebuild, and COtrip lists the restriction through Nov. 1. Fifth Street is one lane between South and Colorado avenues, Fourth Street is one lane between Colorado and Pitkin, and large vehicles cannot turn right from Ute onto Fifth. Expect a 10-foot width limit, 25 mph and up to 10 extra minutes into early 2027, per CDOT's project page. The project line is 970-880-0688.
Westlake Park's parking lot, closed for maintenance through mid-October, is no longer included in the city's weekly notice.
The emergency westbound US 6 closure through Palisade, between Peach and Elberta avenues, was no longer listed on COtrip Friday morning; CDOT has not posted a reopening notice. The roundabout is in its last phase, with final paving, striping and the pedestrian crossing to go, and CDOT's project page says late 2026 for completion. Until then, Rupp Avenue is closed at US 6 (head south to Fairhaven Drive), Elberta Avenue is closed at the south frontage road, and the path between Elberta and Vineyard avenues is closed. Questions go to 970-765-7160.
New to this post, though not to Clifton: 32½ Road is closed between E Road and E½ Road for the second phase of the county's safety and drainage project, with a detour in place since Oct. 5 that stays until summer 2027, according to Mesa County. Local access is maintained. The contractor's line is 970-644-6560.
Two resurfacing jobs keep crews out after dark through November, Sunday night through Friday morning, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.: single-lane closures, a 12-foot width limit and 55 mph on I-70 between Horizon Drive and Clifton, per the project page, and flaggers with one direction at a time on US 6 east of Fruita between mile points 20 and 26, scheduled to finish in November per CDOT. The county's Orchard Avenue project runs through late December, per the county.
Westbound I-70 drivers should still expect holds of up to 10 minutes before the Hanging Lake Tunnel, with single-lane and shoulder closures at mile points 125 to 126, Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays until noon. CDOT's Oct. 12 advisory says the emergency door repair should finish by the end of October. The hotline is 970-661-3086.
The bridge joint project is still going too. Friday morning, COtrip showed eastbound down to one lane between mile points 127 and 128 and westbound down to one lane between 125 and 126, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at 35 mph, with an 11-foot width limit for commercial and recreational vehicles around the clock, and it already lists closures for Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week. CDOT's project page expects to wrap up this fall or pause for winter. Further out, the Transportation Commission on Thursday approved $5 million in reserve funding to cover cost increases from moving the $101 million Glenwood Canyon Phase 8 project from 2027 to 2028, according to CDOT.
19th Street is closed between Grand and Blake avenues through the end of October for sewer, storm drain and paving work, per the city's construction update from Monday. Use Hyland Park Drive or 20th Street; Mindi Harman takes questions at 970-456-2563. The Highway 6 and 24 path between Donegan Road and Linden Street is still fully closed while contractors finish up, and Mel Rey Road's water line lane closures near Donegan Road are scheduled to end Friday, Oct. 16.
US 6 near Parachute closed Wednesday afternoon between Parachute Park Boulevard and Exit 72 for a mudslide and reopened Thursday at 5:30 p.m., per GarCo911. Glenwood Springs' downtown parking garage has reopened.
Ida Road west of 6400 Road closed Monday, Oct. 12, for about six weeks while Montrose County Public Works replaces a culvert with a box culvert, per the county. Follow the posted detour; Rich Rivera (970-252-7009) and Mike Hindson (970-964-2448) take questions.
This one is over the Gunnison County line, but it is the road to Gunnison. Monday, Oct. 19, through Thursday, Oct. 22, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., crews scale loose rock on US 50 at mile points 139 to 140, 15 to 16 miles west of Gunnison. COtrip lists daily holds of up to 20 minutes and asks drivers to stay in their vehicles. Work is weather dependent.
The city's sewer main work on San Juan Avenue and Highway 50 keeps at least one lane open each way apart from a few overnight tie-ins and pauses for winter from roughly November to March, per the city; Ryan Cushenan takes questions at 970-240-1485. The city's Sept. 25 notice expected the 6450 Road work between Sanctuary Drive and Cobble Drive to finish by mid-October, with one more closure around mid-November for paving; nothing newer is posted. And on the Lasalle Road bridge just west of Highway 50, the county announced single-lane traffic with flaggers for guardrail work beginning Sept. 28; its notice gives no completion date.
This post is built from the agency notices and COtrip listings we could find Friday morning, so it will miss short notice work and anything the agencies did not post. For live conditions on the state highways, check COtrip or call 511 before you go.
