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Today at 9:13 AM  Colorado Department of Transportation officials are now working on their next move to maximize the capacity of the Interstate-70 mountain corridor.

Monday, March 04, 2013  More than 50 vehicles have been caught up in crashes on Interstate 70 as heavy snow and wind move through the Colorado mountains.

Friday, October 26, 2012  One person has been injured after a semi-tractor-trailer carrying hazardous materials wrecked and caught fire on Interstate 70 near Limon.

Friday, August 17, 2012  Colorado is getting ready to collect information from high-speed transit technology providers, as it studies whether adding high-speed transit on Interstate 70 is doable.

Monday, May 14, 2012  Authorities are investigating a crash that left one person dead when a tractor-trailer crashed off Interstate 70 onto a car before catching fire.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  Air Force Academy officials said a cadet died early Saturday morning in a car crash.

Monday, March 26, 2012  Two people are dead and three others were injured when a vehicle rolled on Interstate 70 near Frisco.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  A winter weather storm has closed major highways, knocked out power to thousands of customers and raised avalanche dangers across Colorado.

Monday, February 20, 2012  About 250 miles of highways in eastern and northeastern Colorado have reopened after a winter storm and high winds prompted authorities to halt traffic.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  More people traveled Interstate 70 west of Denver over the Thanksgiving holiday this year than last year, but no records were broken.

Monday, October 03, 2011  A 31-year-old woman New Castle woman has died after the car she was in struck a moose on Interstate 70 near Frisco.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  Colorado transportation officials say an experiment using police cars to pace traffic and reduce congestion on Interstate 70 in the mountains has produced promising preliminary results.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Drivers might experience short delays Thursday on eastbound Interstate 70 as crews do repair work just west of the Eisenhower Tunnel.

Monday, April 04, 2011  Colorado's main east-west highway will be shut down while crews blast through a cluster of boulders perched 300 feet above Interstate 70 at Georgetown Hill, about 45 miles west of Denver.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Interstate 70 is scheduled to be shut down for at least one day next week so crews can remove some potentially dangerous rocks from above the highway.