![]() ![]() Photo: Denver Post via Getty Images This year marks 50 years for the Eisenhower tunnel, the first route through the Continental Divide, connecting the state along Interstate 70.Weather in Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel (Colorado). Because of the gneiss mica rock, only 8 feet could be blasted at one time. 10, 1960: The south Eisenhower Tunnel included a steel lining that slowed blasting progress. Snow, wind move through near Eisenhower Tunnel News / / 07:56 AM MST Snow, wind move through near Eisenhower Tunnel, Jim Hooley reports Clear Creek water restrictions lifted.In Colorado, it provides major access to the western slope of the Continental Divide. It is the longest (1.7 miles) mountain tunnel and the highest point (11,158’) on the Interstate Highway System. The Eisenhower Tunnel (west bore), and Johnson Memorial Tunnel (east bore) (map), is one of the highest vehicular tunnels in the world. The tunnel is the longest mountain tunnel and highest. With a maximum elevation of 11,158 ft (3,401 m), it is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world. It carries Interstate 70 under the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. ![]() The tunnel is approximately 60 mi (97 km) west of Denver, Colorado. ABS EVENING NEWS (SATURDAY 29TH JULY 2023) Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel, Colorado. Eastbound I-70 closed at Genesee due to crashes around 12:15 p.m. When you think of “fire department,” you think about a service run by a city to provide first response in case of fires, and while that may not be the case for the Eisenhower Tunnel, engineers who built the tunnel put in place a plan to protect people in case of a fire inside.Shortly before 9 p.m., the westbound lanes of the interstate fully reopened between Golden and the Eisenhower Tunnel. The tunnel has its own “fire department” of sorts. Learn about CDOT services and tools available to ease your transportation needs.
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