CDOT working to make stretch of I-25 between 104th & Highway 36 safer
Colorado transportation officials are working to improve a heavily congested highway in the northern part of the Denver metro area.
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Colorado transportation officials are working to improve a heavily congested highway in the northern part of the Denver metro area.
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