Westbound Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill in eastern Clear Creek County is a well-known bottleneck for travelers heading into Colorado’s high country.
It's a the steep, two-lane, winding strip of highway down a mountain hillside that ends with a narrow bridge and a sharp curve to avoid a sheer rock face of a mountain. Heading west, three lanes of traffic are funneled into two lanes. The grade steepens to 6 percent in some places, and drivers are forced to slow down.
As a result, traffic builds up…
Westbound Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill in eastern Clear Creek County is a well-known bottleneck for travelers heading into Colorado’s high country.
It's a the steep, two-lane, winding strip of highway down a mountain hillside that ends with a narrow bridge and a sharp curve to avoid a sheer rock face of a mountain. Heading west, three lanes of traffic are funneled into two lanes. The grade steepens to 6 percent in some places, and drivers are forced to slow down.
As a result, traffic builds up…