This year’s crop of anabrus simplex (also known as shield-backed katydids or Mormon crickets) are in their “dark phase” – migrating in bands. They’ve been seen crossing Hwy. 64 and 40 in the last few weeks. Chance Walker Photo/Video
Tag: Highway 40
ONE BIG RIG …
People lined the streets in Rangely as if a parade were coming through town Monday. The parade was actually a nuclear steam generator estimated to be 23 feet wide by 400 feet long with several pilot cars and additional semi trucks in a long line of DOT compliance. Just the nuclear steam[Read More…]
Yes, that was nuclear waste … (VIDEO)
Oversized loads traveling Highways 13 and 64 aren’t an uncommon sight, but an oversized load escorted by four State Patrol vehicles and bearing radioactive labels was unusual enough to incite chatter on Facebook last week. Colorado State Patrol Captain Leonard Dittman confirmed Monday that the load was, indeed, nuclear waste[Read More…]
Rockslide closes both lanes of I-70 Tuesday morning
RBC | A rock slide early Tuesday morning closed both east and westbound lanes of I-70 at mile marker 120.5 in Glenwood Canyon. A large amount of debris and rock, 25 to 30 dump truck loads, caused damage to the westbound lane, according to Tracy Trulove, CDOT’s public information officer.[Read More…]
