A stretch of U.S. 50 was shut down on Thursday evening due to cracking in the bridge that runs over Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County, the Colorado Department of Transportation confirmed in a press release. According to CDOT, at the behest of the Federal Highway Administration, CDOT shut down the bridge due to concerns for bridge safety.FHA and state bridge engineering experts made this directive following an ongoing safety inspection that found anomalies in the bridge on Thursday. The... Read this story
