0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, Mar 9, 2010 | by SAMANTHA ABERNETHY
By Samantha Abernethy
The Associated Press
DENVER
A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch in western Colorado and prompting Gov. Bill Ritter to declare a disaster emergency Monday for the road .
The slide struck around midnight Sunday near Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon, a deep, narrow chasm about 110 miles west of Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
No injuries or damage to vehicles were reported. All lanes were closed from Glenwood Springs east to the town of Dotsero. As many as 25,000 vehicles a day travel that section of highway, department spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said.
Because of the rugged terrain, the shortest detour adds about 200 miles around the mountainous Flat Tops Wilderness Area
laminate wooden flooring