Update: Boulder blasted apart on Colorado 145

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Update: Boulder blasted apart on Colorado 145

Traffic limited to one lane near site of massive 2019 rockfall
A boulder that landed on CO. Highway 145 Friday morning was blown up around 5 p.m by CDOT.
Crews removed rubble from a boulder that was blasted apart on CO. 145 Friday evening. Traffic was delayed for about 20 minutes.
Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation drill holes for dynamite on a boulder that was discovered Friday morning on Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner.
Workers with the Colorado Department of Transportation drill 6-feet-deep holes in a boulder that will be used to hold dynamite.
In 2019, CDOT conducted mitigation work on a stretch of the highway from mile marker 14 to mile marker 29 in an effort to lower the risk of rockfalls.
Lisa Schwantes and Todd Jones, of Colorado Department of Transportation, on Friday discuss the plan for removing a boulder that fell on Colorado Highway 145.
Colorado Department of Transportation crews work on removing a boulder from Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner at mile marker 27. Spotters above monitor the potential for additional rockfall.
A 200-ton boulder peeled off a sandstone cliff Friday morning on Colorado Highway 145 east of Stoner.
A rockfall has delayed traffic on Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner, Colorado.
CDOT crews use a rock drill to punch holes in a boulder where dynamite will be placed.

Update: Boulder blasted apart on Colorado 145

A boulder that landed on CO. Highway 145 Friday morning was blown up around 5 p.m by CDOT.
Crews removed rubble from a boulder that was blasted apart on CO. 145 Friday evening. Traffic was delayed for about 20 minutes.
Crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation drill holes for dynamite on a boulder that was discovered Friday morning on Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner.
Workers with the Colorado Department of Transportation drill 6-feet-deep holes in a boulder that will be used to hold dynamite.
In 2019, CDOT conducted mitigation work on a stretch of the highway from mile marker 14 to mile marker 29 in an effort to lower the risk of rockfalls.
Lisa Schwantes and Todd Jones, of Colorado Department of Transportation, on Friday discuss the plan for removing a boulder that fell on Colorado Highway 145.
Colorado Department of Transportation crews work on removing a boulder from Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner at mile marker 27. Spotters above monitor the potential for additional rockfall.
A 200-ton boulder peeled off a sandstone cliff Friday morning on Colorado Highway 145 east of Stoner.
A rockfall has delayed traffic on Colorado Highway 145 near Stoner, Colorado.
CDOT crews use a rock drill to punch holes in a boulder where dynamite will be placed.
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