Highway 13 | The Herald Times

Fifth fatality of the year on Hwy. 13 between Meeker and Rifle

RBC | A 37-year-old female from Salt Lake City, Utah, was killed in the accident that closed Highway 13 for several hours Thursday, Dec. 21. The woman was one of four Salt Lake City occupants in a Dodge Caravan traveling south on Hwy. 13 about 11 miles north of Rifle.[Read More…]

December 28, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

ACCIDENT UPDATE: One fatality in Dec. 21 crash on Hwy. 13

RBC | A 37-year-old female from Salt Lake City, Utah, was killed in the accident that closed Highway 13 for several hours Thursday, Dec. 21. The woman was one of four Salt Lake City occupants in a Dodge Caravan traveling south on Hwy. 13 Thursday afternoon about 11 miles north[Read More…]

December 22, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

ACCIDENT: Two-car crash on Hwy. 13

RBC | A collision between a Ford truck and a minivan of unknown make sent one person to the hospital via flight-for-life Thursday afternoon and closed Hwy. 13 in both directions for several hours. Colorado State Patrol Officer Rob Madden said dispatch was notified of the accident at 3:27 p.m.[Read More…]

December 21, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

County

Third fatal Hwy. 13 crash in a month kills 19-year-old from Silt

RBC | On Saturday, June 10, at approximately 12:32 p.m., Colorado State Patrol troopers arrived on scene of a two vehicle crash on Colorado Highway 13 near milepost 19 in Rio Blanco County, approximately 20 miles south of Meeker. A gray 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe pulling a trailer was driven[Read More…]

June 16, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

County

Hwy. 13 project should be done soon

RBC | Motorists traveling Hwy. 13 between Meeker and Rifle can look forward to the end of a six-month construction project at the end of October. The project, which began in April 2016, covered 2.1 miles of highway from milepost 20.7 to 22.8 north of Piceance Creek. The road was widened[Read More…]

October 12, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Glenwood Canyon closure may bring more traffic

RBC I The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has announced that an Interstate 70 closure on Wednesday night and today through Glenwood Canyon for safety critical rockfall work and helicopter operations associated with the rockfall mitigation project just west of the Hanging Lake Tunnel may bring an increase in traffic[Read More…]

July 28, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Road delays to continue on Highway 13 north of Meeker

RBC I The Colorado Department of Transportation has announced the following highway project now underway with work continuing through October.

July 7, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Work underway on Highway 13 road collapse south of Meeker

MEEKER I On May 20, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) maintenance crews reported the failure of a downhill Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall on southbound State Highway 13 at mile marker 29, causing the roadway to sag up to five feet in the area adjacent to the wall.

June 4, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Plans underway to fix Highway 13 problems south of Meeker

MEEKER I On May 20, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) maintenance crews reported the failure of a downhill Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining wall on State Highway 13 at mile marker 29, causing the roadway to sag up to five feet in the area adjacent to the wall.

May 31, 2015 by editor Comments are Disabled

Two projects will affect Highway 13 north

RBC I The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and its contractor partner, Elam Construction, Inc., will began work Tuesday, weather permitting, on resurfacing State Highway 13 in two locations:

May 30, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Highway 13 crash traps pregnant woman; mother, baby doing well

MEEKER I On Friday at about 3 p.m., a rainy and slushy spring storm asserted itself, allegedly causing a medium-sized SUV to leave the road and roll over into a deep ravine on the side of Highway 13, just south of Meeker. Of the two occupants, a pregnant woman was[Read More…]

April 25, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Slow speed zones fail to reduce wildlife collisions

RBC I Until the last couple of months, travelers on State Highway 13 between Meeker and Rifle were well-versed with the wildlife crossing zone mandating slower speeds at night during the fall and winter months. The zones, part of a 2010 traffic safety bill that attempted to slow drivers on[Read More…]

December 13, 2014 by Heather Zadra Comments are Disabled