U.S. 50 is closed between Montrose and Gunnison after state and federal transportation officials found cracking on a bridge over Blue Mesa Reservoir, causing detours of up to seven hours.

Highway officials aim to have the US 50 bridge over Blue Mesa open for the July 4 holiday weekend. The bridge has been closed since April 18 after inspections revealed a crack in the steel. During ...

U.S. 50 near Montrose could partially reopen to traffic by July 4 as repairs to a damaged bridge over the Blue Mesa Reservoir begin, transportation officials announced Wednesday. The Colorado ...

Engineers working to reopen a cracked bridge over Blue Mesa Reservoir are drafting repair strategies that could take weeks or months, depending on the extent of the damage. Jason Proskovec, a ...

Transportation crews are still inspecting the safety of a bridge over Colorado’s largest reservoir to determine a timeline for when the bridge can be reopened, after a 3- to 4-inch crack was ...

Jeremy Morrison/Montrose Daily Press Limited traffic will be allowed on to the Middle Bridge at the Blue Mesa Reservoir over the Fourth of July weekend starting July 3. Jeremy Morrison/Montrose ...

The bridge is located near Dillon Pinnacle and stretches across the Blue Mesa Reservoir, which is located west of Gunnison and east of Montrose. An inspection last month found a 3 inch crack in ...

After being closed since April, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has announced that they will be partially reopening the U.S. Highway 50 bridge ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.

The U.S. 50 Middle Bridge in Gunnison is finally reopened to two-way traffic after half a year of construction and closures due to a crack in the bridge.

A bridge on US 50 in southwest Colorado over Blue Mesa Reservoir connecting Gunnison and Montrose has a crack in the steel: indefinite closure, detours, update, CDOT ...

The Colorado Department of Transportation anticipates being able to meet its goal of partially reopening the U.S. 50 Blue Mesa Middle Bridge ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

A bridge along U.S. 50 that crosses Blue Mesa Reservoir in southwest Colorado was closed on Thursday because of cracking, and drivers will be subject to a lengthy detour to get around it.