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  • Cleanup continues after 10 million pounds of boulders crush stretch of Colorado highway

    05/26/2019 6:48:34 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 76 replies
    KKTV ^ | 25 May, 2019 | Lindsey Grewe
    DOLORES, Colo. (KKTV) - Boulders weighing a combined 10 million pounds destroyed a stretch of highway in southwestern Colorado and have left road crews with a daunting cleanup job. "It’s truly mind-boggling that something that big came down," said Mike McVaugh, CDOT Regional Transportation director for southwest Colorado. McVaugh spoke with 11 News sister station CBS Denver about the job ahead. The massive boulders were part of a rockslide Friday afternoon that rendered part of Highway 145 impassable. The slide left behind an 8-foot-deep trench where pavement once was. According to CDOT, the trench was caused by the biggest boulder...