Road closed on US-40 due to snow and traffic delays, Eagle County CO
Road ClosureMultiple road closures and heavy traffic delays are reported on US-40 including Vail Pass, Loveland Pass, and near exit 205 due to snow removal operations, stuck vehicles, and hazardous driving conditions. Authorities have closed mile marker 205 and are rerouting all vehicles off the road. Traffic is being directed off at Silverthorn and other nearby locations.
Audio|Source: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Destructed plate on the silver Yukon.
00:05
You knew that there's a loader doing some snow removal right at the entrance there.
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Going eastbound.
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Good for.
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(name withheld).
00:17
Do you want to go ahead and release?
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Eastbound.
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Release eastbound.
00:24
That's correct.
00:25
You tell your loader to get out of the tunnel.
00:37
Ten-four. We'll send them through.
00:41
I'm going to go back to that side to help you with the stuck cars by they clear the skew over here on the 216.
00:54
Trisco 29, copy of place.
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Trisco 29, go ahead.
01:01
010 Young Lincoln, Robert.
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Cisco 29, 1938.
01:14
Are you stuck on it?
01:17
No, not yet.
01:19
I'm trying to squeeze over here.
01:20
Let's see if I can get in.
01:26
At exit tool 5, once I left Friscoll,
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they're directing traffic off.
01:37
All stations on Northwest Net, this is Golden.
01:41
We now have a Code 18 on US-40-Virthed Pass, vote directions.
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1939.
01:50
Just left, Frisco.
01:53
I was told the road was open, but the cops have it blocked off, so I'm now being directed off exit 205.
02:02
Yeah,
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this is 751.
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I'm just approaching bail, and they just uploaded the signs.
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Mile marker 205 is officially closed.
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They're expecting delays,
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rerouting all vehicles off the road.
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759, go ahead and exit off from Silverthorn.
02:23
My updates said they were open.
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I'm somewhere to stage here in Silverthorn.
02:30
10 floor, we'll be.
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And 751 to base, do you want me to stage at Vail since I'm entering the transit area?
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clearing from Mac 19 staying on main channel and heading back to area too.
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Hi, copy, 1940.
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10-4[1], copy that.
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Okay.
03:04
Okay,
03:07
yeah, um...
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Yeah, we need to get some traffic on this again so we don't have to plow it.
03:12
So, yeah, as soon as you can get them moving eastbound, it'll be good.
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10-4[1].
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0-3, Dave.
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Go ahead.
03:29
Hey, she's out of the ditch.
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She messed up her tire pretty good, so she's going to try to limp it down to the light spot, but you're good to keep them coming.
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Good, because I'm here.
03:41
Chris, I'm gonna start releasing these mowdrecks to head through.
03:47
10-4[1], I have the loader thing.
03:48
It should be about 10 minutes and he's done.
03:54
It's kinda bad, like you can't see, and it's sticking as soon as you go over, it doesn't look like your head.
03:59
It's not accumulating, it's just dumping.
04:05
7-4.
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4, Mount 148 to the 15, have Code 15.
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Again, Highway 24, Mount plus 148 to the 154, code 15 only, aired in 1942.
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Central Car, Central 4-Charlie 3 area cars, scaring chains, Code 18 on Loveland Pass, again, have Code 18, Lovelland Pass, 1942.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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