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Road & Bridge
Physical Address
3549 County Road 312 (Stanley Road)
PO Box 362
Dumont, CO 80436
Phone: (303) 679-2334Fax: (303) 567-2210
Clear Creek County’s Road and Bridge Department works on a variety of projects across the 150 lane miles of paved roads, 170 lane miles of unpaved roads, and 7 bridges under the provisions of the National Bridge Inventory Standards over Clear Creek and other drainages across Clear Creek County.
The steep terrain and multiple freeze-thaw zones that define the County’s topography require the Road and Bridge Department to prioritize its paving, maintenance and repair projects to ensure their functionality and public safety. These projects and repairs allow fire trucks, ambulances and law enforcement to respond to emergencies, buses to carry our kids safely back and forth to school, residents to travel to within our community, tourists to travel here and fuel our economy, and local businesses to serve residents and visitors.
Please see the tabs below for information on any of the three categories of projects: active projects, completed projects, and future projects.
To report a Road Concern please call 303-679-2334 option 2
When calling in a Road Concern please leave your name, contact phone number, address, and a brief description of your concern.
Idaho Springs Area
- Soda Creek Road
- Anticipated Completion: Summer 2022
- Description: Replace culverts and overlay pavement surface from boundary of Idaho Springs to the Clear Creek County Transfer Station. Elite Surface Infrastructure plans to construct the project improvements during the months of June & July. This project will include significant traffic disruptions and delays should be expected.
Floyd Hill Area
- Stormwater Drainage Evaluation
- Anticipated Completion: Summer 2022
- Description: The purpose of the Floyd Hill Stormwater Drainage Evaluation is to define the existing 2-year, 10-year, 25-year, and 100-year annual exceedance probability deficiencies and improvements necessary to convey the appropriate annual exceedance probability flood with the open channels and major conduit systems under the County’s jurisdiction.
- The project includes, but is not limited to, the compilation of existing data and collection of new data as necessary to determine the existing capacity of the County’s stormwater infrastructure within public rights-of-way in order to develop the most feasible drainage, water quality, and flood control design alternatives for the Floyd Hill area.
Floyd Hill Drainage Study Area
Pine Valley Area
- County Road 170 Pavement Overlay and Water Quality Improvements
- Anticipated Completion: Summer 2022
- Description: These improvements will prevent potential damage to the County Road 170 from water and erosion as well as provide a new pavement driving surface. The evaluation and schematic design for this project was completed in fall of 2021. The construction improvements to this area are anticipated to be finished by Fall 2022.
Evergreen Area
- Witter Gulch Road
- Anticipated Completion: Summer 2022
- This project will mitigate existing road damage near Juniper Lane due to poor drainage/frost heave
2021
- The Clear Creek County Road & Bridge Department constructed a retaining wall associated with Meadow View Drive.
- This was needed to address a roadway embankment failure.
- The retaining wall was anchored into the slope with geogrid and faced with rock filled wire baskets.
- In addition, construction of the Meadow View Drive Retaining Wall was completed in June, 2021
2023
Floyd Hill Area
- Ponderosa Drive: Hyland Drive to Aspen Drive, 0.58 miles
Description: This project will install a new cross culvert and water quality improvement pond, as well as other improvements to mitigate drainage concerns that are currently affecting the Ponderosa Drive. Additionally, many sections of existing pavement will be removed and replaced and two instances of unstable slopes will be mitigated. Once these alterations have been made, a slurry cape seal will be applied.
Witter Gulch Area
- Upper Bear Creek Road: 1.55 miles
This project will replace and mitigate large diameter culvert for the Bear Creek Crossing area.
- Golden Willow: Park Drive to end of maintenance area
This project will regrade existing ditches where needed and offer a two inch pavement overlay alongside Golden Willow Road
- Whiskey Jay Hill Road: 0.25 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Echo Lake Drive: 0.33 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
Henderson Mine Area
- Jones Pass Road: 1.91 miles
This project will utilize four inches of cold-in-place recycling treatment and five inches of pavement overlay alongside shouldering-RAP to improve Jones Pass Road.
2024
St. Mary's Area
- Fall River Road: Mile marker 6.0 to end of maintenance area, 3.29 miles
Description: This project will mitigate several failing large-diameter culverts. These culverts are used to divert Silver Creek drainage and replacing these culverts will decrease wear on the Fall River roadway and decrease potential safety concerns. Additionally, many embarkment slopes and rockfall hazards along Fall River Road will be addressed and stabilized.
Evergreen Area
- Upper Bear Creek Road: 1.55 miles
This project will level the road course and provide two inches of overlay pavement to correct drainage issues along the roadway.
- Golden Willow: Park Drive to end of maintenance area
This project will regrade existing ditches where needed and offer a two inch pavement overlay alongside Golden Willow Road
2025
Evergreen Area
- Witter Gulch Road: Upper Bear Creek Road to Snyder Mountain Road, 1.96 miles
This project will add or resize culverts in accordance with the 2016 Drainage Evaluation. Areas of distressed pavement along this stretch of road will be removed and replaced. 0.7 miles of the road will be processed with a one inch mill and a two inch overlay. Additionally, a one inch pavement overlay will be applied to other segments of the roadway.
- Oak Way: 0.09 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
Floyd Hill Area
- Elk Valley Drive: 0.29 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
2026
Idaho Springs Area
- Soda Creek Road: Transfer Station to end of maintenance, 1.08 miles
This project will mitigate grading issues with several existing ditches, some of which may also require additional cuts into the side slope or efforts to raise the roadway. A few areas of severe distress will receive full-depth patching. Additionally, this project will mitigate the distressed area at the entrance to the Transfer Station. The project will also add a turnaround area and add a two inch pavement overlay to the project area.
2027
Evergreen Area
- Greystone Road: 0.90 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Dreher Drive: 0.08 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- David Drive: 0.43 miles
This project will mitigate drainage between the intersections between David Drive and Patty Drive. This process will also require elevating the southwest end of the David Drive road surface and efforts to add or replace drainage culverts along the project area. Additional treatment details are currently under consideration.
- Nuthatch Road: 0.22 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
2028
Floyd Hill Area
- Saddleback Drive: 1.4 miles
This project will evaluate the Saddleback Drive area for additional cross-culverts. The project will also address efforts to regrade drainage ditches and slope creep. Full-depth patching will occur as needed and the area will be treated with a two inch pavement overlay.
Idaho Springs Area
- Virginia Canyon Road: 1.33 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration, but will include pulverizing and guardrail repairs.
2029
Floyd Hill Area
- Hyland Drive: 0.27 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
Evergreen Area
- Patty Drive: 0.78 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
2030
Idaho Springs Area
- Stanley Road: 4.06 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
St. Mary's Area
- Silver Creek Road: 0.78 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
2031
Floyd Hill Area
- Beaver Brook Canyon Road: Homestead Road to end of the paved area, 1.17 miles
This project will provide drainage improvements along Beaver Brook Canyon Road, including profiles of all ditches, evaluations and installation of one culvert near the high school, and efforts to evaluate and address a potentially unstable slope. Additionally, full-depth patching will occur where needed. A to-be-determined pavement treatment will also be utilized.
- Ponderosa Way: 0.41 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Park Drive: 0.23 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
2032
Evergreen Area
- Fir Lane: 0.10 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Elk Drive: 0.13
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Antler Way: 0.11
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Marion Drive: 0.14 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
- Cedar Way:
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.
Georgetown Area
- Alvarado Road: 3.91 miles
The treatment details for this project are still under consideration.