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Overnight closures for Cimarron/I-25 work during week of Oct. 2

      
During an overnight paving operation requiring lane closures in late September, an employee (left) with Cimarron/I-25 contractor Kraemer North America winds up to toss a shovelful of asphalt to the opposite side as part of efforts to equalize the flow from the mechanized paving screed on the northbound side of I-25 above Colorado Avenue.
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Overnight closures at the Cimarron/I-25 interchange project - including the interstate and its ramps - are scheduled during the week of Oct. 2-5 (between about 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.).
       Friday, Oct. 6 is a contingency closure night, if needed, a press release states.
       The closures will allow various finalizing work to take place as the contractor, Kraemer North America, moves closer to its planned fall completion of the $113 million Colorado Department of Transportation project that started in May 2015.
       The closures will occur between about 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.
       FULL CLOSURES:
       - Southbound I-25 between Bijou and Tejon interchanges - traffic switch and final striping, Oct. 3 and 5.
       - Cimarron/I-25 southbound on- and off-ramps - traffic switch and final striping, Oct. 3 and 5.
       - Northbound I-25 between Tejon and Bijou interchanges - traffic switch, Oct. 4.
       - Cimarron/I-25 northbound on-ramp - sign installation, Oct. 2; northbound on- and off-ramps - traffic switch, Oct. 4.
       SINGLE-LANE RESTRICTIONS:
       - Southbound I-25 between Tejon and Bijou interchanges - bridge work, Oct. 2.
       - Northbound I-25 between Tejon and Bijou interchanges - sign installation, Oct. 2.
       - Highway 24/Cimarron Street from Eighth Street to Sierra Madre - clean storm systems, Oct. 2-5.
      

From a press release
(Posted 10/2/17; Transportation: Cimarron/I-25)

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