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Airlines offer $1,000 detour around I-70 rockslide (access required)

by Rob Larimer Published: March 11,2010

Tags: Interstate 70, rockslide

The slow pace of repairs on Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon has turned into a prime business opportunity for airlines flying between Eagle and Aspen. The Denver Post reports that charter carriers reported sales of $1,000 tickets for one-way rides between Eagle and Aspen. Online bookings of short-notice flights from Denver to Grand Junction were priced [...] [...]

I-70 remains closed (access required)

by Rob Larimer Published: March 8,2010

Tags: CDOT, I-70, rockslide

A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Glenwood Springs and at Dotsero remains closed as geologists assess the danger level of a rock that appears to be unstable. The highway was closed yesterday when a massive rock slide covered the road and punched a hole in a bridge. There appears to be another rock at the top of [...] [...]

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