Just heard about this today and have a trip planned this fall that will/was going to involve lake city (over that bridge) to black canyon, to Ouray, and down to Durango.

Just wondering if there was any inside scoop on if this was going to result in a repair or them having to build a new bridge basically.

It's like a 6 hour detour around it so wasn't sure if I might need to rethink my route and plans.

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Posted by iwantacooler

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:07 pm to NATidefan

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going to involve lake city (over that bridge) to black canyon, to Ouray, and down to Durango.

You must be talking about the bridge at sapinero in that case. They were doing construction farther west on 50 last year, down along blue creek and you could get tied up there for a few hours if you didn’t hit the stoppage just right.

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Posted by dyslexic

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:07 pm to NATidefan

Cross that when you get there....or not.

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Posted by redstick13

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:08 pm to NATidefan

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black canyon, to Ouray

My favorite area of Colorado. Black Canyon is very cool.

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Posted by iwantacooler

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:11 pm to NATidefan

I see that’s not the bridge. Appears to be the bridge at the pinnacles. You can take 26 (dirt road if I’m remembering correctly) coming from lake city and hit 50 and never need to cross that bridge. 26 will put you on 50 farther west than the closure.

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Posted by Ham Malone

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:13 pm to NATidefan

There’s a locals-only option open right now and CDOT is working to improve that road but I’ve been told they are checking to make sure that you are a local using the detour. Plan on having to go around for the foreseeable future.

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Posted by Lsupimp