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Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 5:51 am
by Mustang Shooter
Hope this won't effect you guys. Guess you could just crawl over it!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-hig ... de-roadway

Later,
Dan

Re: Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 7:26 am
by will e
Wow, yeah, that does impact my usual route. I have the option of taking the 550 from Durango but that is NOT a fun road if you are trailering a Jeep. And, if 145 is closed, it will be worse because it will be much busier too! Thanks for the heads up!

Re: Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 9:25 pm
by REDONE
Don't worry too much guys! They might milk it for a while, but far more likely they'll have it blown out of the way in two weeks. If it only effected the Utes nobody would give a darn, but fortunately for the rest of us that highway supports "energy exploration" so Halliburton will blow that rock up themselves if they have to. Doubt it will make the news when it reopens but come July it'll be interesting to see if anyone even remembers. ;)


Hashbrowns; Gold King Mine.

Re: Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:40 pm
by Knucklehead
Explosives have already been used. :D

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Re: Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 7:34 am
by will e
Well, that's the last time that rock causes problems. Hopefully all of the other rocks were watching and learned their lesson.

The CDOT guys are great. One year the rains washed down a bunch of rocks and rubble causing a road block on 550. One of the locals said 'Happens all of the time, don't worry the CDOT's will be here in a bit'. Sure enough they showed up with some heavy equipment and cleared the road.

While we were waiting Pat swapped out a wheel bearing and I made cheese crisps.

Re: Boulder blocks highway near Ouray

Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 6:08 am
by HappyTrails
Good Times!! See you all in few weeks!!