CO PRA ROMO 10(7); Trail Ridge Road Rainbow Curve

This project is located about 11 miles west of the City of Estes Park, Colorado on US 34. The proposed project is in mountainous terrain. Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuously paved road in the nation, the elevation of the highest point is over 12,000 feet. The route is wholly within Rocky Mountain National Park.



This project will consist of the rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing (3R) of approximately 8.3 miles of Route 10 (Trail Ridge Road) from approximate milepost 21.0 to 29.3 (measured from the Grand Lake Entrance Station). Rehabilitation consists of milling and pulverizing. Overlay material will be Superpave Hot Asphalt Concrete Pavement. Also included are the rehabilitation of curb, paved ditch and various drainage structures. In addition to the rehabilitation, rockery construction will be required at locations where pullouts will be extended.



Tentative advertisement date is September 30, 2009. It is anticipated that this will be a two-season project if one or both of the options are awarded and a one season project if no options are awarded. The project is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2010 and extend to late summer of 2010, with a winter shutdown from mid-October 2009 to mid-May 2011, if one or both of the options is awarded.







Estimated cost $14 to $20 million