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❗️TRAVEL ALERT | US 550 Silverton to Durango❗️ MONDAY JUNE 1

US 550 will be fully closed for one day, Monday, June 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The one-day full-closure is required when crews are working along the high mountain pass corridor, south of Silverton, that is especially narrow with no shoulder area. Drivers may consider an alternate route via CO 145 between Durango and Ridgway or pass through the closure points before 8 a.m.

⛔️Northbound Closure: Vehicles traveling northbound between Durango and Silverton will be stopped at Molas Pass (MP 64)

⛔️Southbound Closure: Vehicles traveling southbound between Silverton and Durango will be stopped in the town of Silverton (MP 70)

🔶ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS: A four-day chip seal operation will take place Monday (6/1) through Thursday (6/4) from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with single-lane alternating traffic beginning at 3 p.m. on Monday after the full road closure. Motorists will encounter up to 15-minute delays, full stops and alternating traffic from Molas Pass (MP 64) to approximately three miles north of Silverton (MP 73), near County Road 7.

🗺️DETOUR: Drivers may consider an alternate route via CO 145 between Durango and Ridgway. This westerly route will add approximately one hour of additional driving time, taking approximately three hours from Durango to Telluride and ending in Ridgway (approximately 150 miles).

⚠Reminder: When the highway opens to travel please slow-down and increase your distance between vehicles. Higher speeds can cause loose stones to scatter and damage vehicle paint and windshields.

🌐More info: www.codot.gov/news/2026/may2026/us550-closure-june1-between-silverton-molaspass