All of I-25 reopens in Pueblo County following days of closures due to deadly train derailment
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - Five days of detours around Sunday's train derailment, coal spill, and bridge collapse on I-25 north of Pueblo ended Thursday with the reopening of northbound lanes of traffic.
As of 4:18 p.m. Oct. 19, 2023, all of I-25 reopened north of Pueblo following days of closures after a train derailment that left a bridge collapsed and one person dead.
A Pueblo police officer manning the roadblock at the U.S. 50 exit said that crews had been cleaning, repaving, and re-striping the damaged section of freeway to prepare for reopening.
The resumption of traffic will be a relief to thousands of drivers and many neighbors who live along the detours of Overton Road and Highway 115.
At around 2 p.m., it appeared that the northbound lanes were about to reopen because workers began removing flashing detour signs.
However, one worker told KRDO cracks that developed in newly-repaved asphalt near the damaged railroad bridge, delayed the reopening.
As was the case Wednesday with the reopening of southbound lanes, a caravan of law-enforcement and construction vehicles led traffic through the repaired segment of the corridor.
