RBC | Work on Colorado Highway 13 between Rifle and Meeker got underway for the spring season on Monday at the drainage structure near mile marker 18. A traffic signal will guide single lane, alternating traffic through the area 24/7. A 12 ft. width restriction is in place from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Scott Contracting, Inc., began the project in June 2019 and suspended work for the winter in November 2019. The work reconstructs and provides minor widening to an approximate five-mile section of CO 13 north and south of Rio Blanco County Road 5, between mile points 16.06 and 20.77, about 16 miles north of Rifle. The anticipated completion date for the project is November 2020.
To date, 80 percent of the shoulder and embankment work has been completed in preparation for roadway reconstruction and minor widening in the 2020 season; 95 percent of the drainage work is complete, including the installation of two concrete box culverts under CO 13 and one under CR 5, as well as the replacement of two corrugated steel structures.
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