Motorists in Aurora should prepare for an overnight closure of northbound Interstate 225 at 6th Avenue on October 26 and 27. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and its contractor, Structures Inc., are conducting rehabilitation work on two I-225 bridges over 6th and 2nd avenues. This closure will allow crews to apply asphalt to the bridge surfaces to improve pavement conditions.
According to CDOT, “The project team collaborated on several approaches to decrease the full closure from five to two nights.”
The northbound I-225 will be closed at 6th Avenue from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Detour signs will direct motorists along alternate routes, with local traffic exiting toward westbound 6th Avenue, passing through the traffic light, and re-entering northbound I-225. Commercial vehicles will be detoured via northbound C-470 to eastbound I-70. Southbound I-225 will remain open during this period.
If a full closure is not needed on Monday night, there will instead be double lane closures on southbound I-225 at both the 2nd and 6th avenue crossings, starting with one lane closing at 7 p.m., followed by a second lane closing at 10 p.m. All lanes are scheduled to reopen by 5 a.m.
These efforts are part of ongoing work aimed at rehabilitating these bridges and minimizing disruption for drivers by reducing the duration of complete closures.
