We started of with some low clouds and fog that was ground level in some spots but it wasn’t too bad for us to deal with. We had a couple of crashes on and off the highways but nothing too serious.

Independence Pass opens May 30th. Trail ridge road and Mount Evans Road opens Friday. Pikes Peak road is already open. Both Kebler Pass and Cottonwood Pass will open sometime in June.

No sun glare but one big crash that we had to deal with. The accident was SB I-25 before I-70. It blocked up the right side of the highway for 30+ minutes and sat on the right shoulder for over an hour. The traffic was very slow from 120th into downtown. All else was quiet and standard for us this morning.

CDOT will open the Mount Evans Highway – State Highway 5 – for the season on Friday, May 23, at 7 a.m. The entire 15 miles from Echo Lake to the top of Mount Evans (14, 264 feet) will remain open through the summer to the summit parking area, weather permitting. The road will be closed to all motor vehicle traffic on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Road and weather information is available at all times on the cotrip.org website or by calling 511

The worst crash of the morning was on I-225. The ramp to WB I-70 was blocked for nearly an hour and that made for a tough commute across Aurora. Even the SB side was very heavy. Other from that the sun was the biggest factor to why we were so slow on the freeways.

Denver Public Works is rehabilitating the University Boulevard Bridge over Cherry Creek between Cherry Creek Drive North and Cherry Creek Drive South. Construction will begin today and is scheduled to be completed by August 15, 2008.
Scope of work includes:
• Removing and replacing the existing median
• Replacement of the joints in both bridges
• Reconstructing the traffic signals on the north side of the project
• Concrete pavement replacement on the south side of the project
The project will be built in four phases. During each phase two lanes of traffic will remain open in each direction, as well as left turn lanes onto Cherry Creek Drive North and Cherry Creek Drive South. The bike path under the bridges will remain open during construction with some minor closures. Signs will be in place informing residents of the lane closures and construction.

It was a another quiet day on the old commute. We had a rollover crash on Highway 285 at Wadsworth and a motorcycle crash on SB I-25 after University. That was the worst of it for our morning drive.

CDOT will start a resurfacing project on U.S. 34 between I-25 and Colorado 257 today. Six miles of U.S. 34 will be resurfaced, including the westbound U.S. 34 business route ramp near Greeley. Throughout the four-month project, motorists can expect single-lane closures from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Speed limits in the work zone will be reduced from 65 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour, with fines doubled for speeding. The $4.8 million project is scheduled to be finished by the end of September

It was another quiet drive around town with a few very light rain showers. We had a few crashes on and off the highways but nothing too major. Overall it was a better than average drive.