Welp 36 is down and out

[Gman]

Been driving 36 all week, no faster/slower than usual.

That's a raving endorsement for how the toll lanes will improve traffic flow.

[TFOGGER]

Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that wall!...

[Irving]

I thought it was closed all the way and have been avoiding. No wonder alternate routes weren't so crowded.

[SideShow Bob]

Yep,
They took two WB lanes and diverted EB to them like on Monday or Tuesday.

[Gman]

Hence the discussion about CDOT having to reimburse the off-shore contractor that built the toll road due to the loss in tolls.

[def90]

So, what's the deal with the 10 semi loads of 3x3x6 foam blocks that they have delivered on site? Is the plan to dig out the entire section of road leading up to the bridge and use these blocks as the road base?

[iego]

Bicycle lane?

-John

[Irving]

Fema camp.

[SideShow Bob]

O

So, what's the deal with the 10 semi loads of 3x3x6 foam blocks that they have delivered on site? Is the plan to dig out the entire section of road leading up to the bridge and use these blocks as the road base?

That?s some the filler for the ?aircrete? to be used in the reconstruction.....

Actually I have no idea.....

On thinking about the wall collapse, I wonder if the same contractor conglomerate that constructed the SH 287 (Federal Blvd.) wall that collapsed between 68th Ave. & 70th Ave at the RR over pass a few years ago also built the US 36 wall that collapsed ?

[def90]

Found some info on it.. this is what they have stacked up there on site:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geofoam

"Geofoam is expanded polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS) manufactured into large lightweight blocks. The blocks vary in size but are often 2 m ? 0.75 m ? 0.75 m (6.6 ft ? 2.5 ft ? 2.5 ft). The primary function of geofoam is to provide a lightweight void fill below a highway, bridge approach, embankment or parking lot. EPS Geofoam minimizes settlement on underground utilities. Geofoam is also used in much broader applications, including lightweight fill, green roof fill, compressible inclusions, thermal insulation, and (when appropriately formed) drainage.[1][self-published source]"