Denver Central 70 Project

 I was lucky enough to get an amazing site tour from the project manager of the Denver Central I-70 project a year ago, when construction had already been well under way. The project's goal is to put I-70 underground east of Brighton Blvd, in order to connect the surrounding communities. Right now the highway completely cuts off both sides from each other and makes for a less inviting area. But the goal of Denver and Kiewit-Meridiam is the move the cars underground, right under the current highway, and build a park (shown in the first picture) to really improve the community feel and connect the neighborhoods.


The progress made of the course of a few months can be seen in the next two pictures.


These pictures below were from my own personal site visit in February, underneath the current highway and looking into the new road. It's amazing to see all of the temporary construction that must be done, including the bridge in the last picture, to accommodate traffic and move materials around sites with big trucks and equipment.








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