![]() ![]() ![]() For the last five decades, the Eisenhower Tunnel has served as the great connector, tying east and west Colorado together. When construction started in 1968, it was the largest single federal-aid highway project in the nation’s history. “Over a five year construction period, 6,000 people and heavy machinery worked a total of 4.9 million hours to bore through granite under the Continental Divide in harsh weather conditions. “While motorists drive through the tunnel in a few minutes, they may not realize the monumental effort it took to plan and build such an infrastructure under the most challenging of circumstances,” said CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew. When the Johnson bore was completed in 1979, eastbound traffic shifted to its own two-lane tunnel. It originally served both east and westbound traffic. At one time, the Eisenhower Tunnel was the highest vehicular tunnel in the world. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest point on the nation’s interstate system at 11,200 feet. Today, the Colorado State Patrol vehicle was followed by a vintage 1970's vehicle and CDOT's tunnel fire truck. today, exactly 434,431,100 vehicles traveled through both the Eisenhower and Johnson Memorial Tunnels since March 8, 1973. It was a state patrol vehicle that first entered the tunnel when it opened to traffic 50 years ago. The Colorado Department of Transportation marked the historic milestone by pausing westbound traffic for 50 seconds, so the Colorado State Patrol's vintage 1970 Fury was the first vehicle to usher in the tunnel's next half-century. Located about 60 miles west of Denver and under the Continental Divide, the tunnel has served as a vital transportation connector for the state and the interstate system. Our streams are sometimes featured on Denver CBS 4, Denver NBC News 9, and Denver ABC 7, Weather Nation.THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONįifty years ago, the 1.7-mile long I-70 Eisenhower Tunnel opened to traffic. Our focus is Colorado Web Cams Colorado Webcams Colorado Webcam. ![]() We want to produce more webcams for exclusive high definition high speed live views in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, California, Idaho, and anywhere we can find a good host site. ![]() We have expanding out of state into Iowa, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Wyoming, and New Mexico.Įnjoy all the live Colorado Webcams produced by ColoradoWebCam.NET. We require Internet at the Host site and Power. If you have a good view you want to share, we are interested in deploying a camera there. We are working hard to expand the Camera Network. We are always looking for new sites and topics. Our topics are Mountains, Rivers, Kayak Parks, Ski Areas, Traffic, Airports, Trains, Ocean, Lakes, and Nature & Wildlife, Trains, Traffic and Weather. Our streams update up to 30 times per second for the most current Colorado weather.Ĭolorado Webcams by Colorado Web Cam Live Colorado Web Cam Streams in Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, El-Jebel, Carbondale, RVR, Aspen Glen, Roaring Fork Valley, Redstone, Marble, Cattle Creek, Glenwood Springs, Glenwood Wave Park, New Castle, Rifle, Edwards, Avon, Beaver Creek, Crestone (near Alamosa), Weston (near Trinidad), Centennial Wyoming, Idaho Springs, Georgetown, Meeker, Dinosaur, and more. Our website is a tool for live weather, and traffic webcams, as well as an entertaining view of real life. Our deployments make the difficult process of streaming and maintaining webcams affordable. Colorado Web Cam produces webcams and brands them after tourism interests, then streams them live for public view. ![]()
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