Multiple overnight closures planned for US 6 in Clear Creek Canyon

Tunnel inspections will close portions of U.S. Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon for four nights in late April, transportation officials announced Friday.

Colorado Department of Transportation teams will conduct tunnel inspections along US 6 between Interstate 70 and Colorado Highway 119 on Tuesday, April 23, and Wednesday, April 24, with the portion of the highway closed overnight from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. both days, according to a department press release.

The following week, inspections will close the next section of US 6 between Highway 119 and Colorado Highway 93 on Monday, April 29 and Tuesday, April 30 from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., the news release said.

Drivers can take I-70 as an alternate route around the overnight closures.