{"id":359303,"date":"2025-12-20T03:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359303\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:56:08","slug":"hurricane-force-winds-close-roads-in-boulder-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359303\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane-force winds close roads in Boulder County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Boulder County roads are closed on Friday following the high risk of wildfire spread and hurricane-force winds<\/a> blowing across the county, and officials are telling people to stay off the roads.\n<\/p>\n

Stay home and do not drive unless absolutely necessary, the Boulder Office of Disaster Management said in a social media post<\/a>. Debris, tree limbs and power lines will be on the roads and will pose a threat to anyone driving, the post states.<\/p>\n

If anyone must drive today, the disaster management agency asks that people drive extra slowly, account for more time to get where they\u2019re going, and treat all powerless stoplights as four-way stops, the post states.<\/p>\n

The following roads are closed:<\/p>\n

\u2022 U.S. 36 is closed in both directions between Boulder and Lyons, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation\u2019s COtrip map<\/a> that tracks road closures.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Colorado 93 is closed in both directions from Marshall Road in Boulder County to 68th Avenue in Jefferson County, according to a transportation department social media post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Colorado 128 is closed in both directions between Colorado 93 in Boulder County and Eldorado Boulevard in Superior, according to COtrip.org, CDOT\u2019s online trip planning map.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Flagstaff Road in Boulder County. Residents can still access the road, but no one else, according to a Boulder Office of Disaster Management social media post<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u2022 63rd Street is closed in both directions between Nelson Road and Oxford Road in Boulder County, according to the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. Two power poles are down on the road, according to Boulder County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Carrie Haverfield.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kalmia Avenue is closed east of 28th Street in Boulder, according to the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. The office did not say why the road was closed.<\/p>\n

Residents can use the Boulder Office of Disaster Management\u2019s online map<\/a> to track road closures in Boulder County.\n<\/p>\n

The unusually high temperatures and strong winds prompted Xcel Energy to proactively turn off power for some residents on Friday, the third day of the outage. About 19,000 customers were without power<\/a> as the utility worked to combat the high risk of wildfire spread.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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