COLORADO SPRINGS — The City of Colorado Springs will be closing the I-25 South Connector Road between South Tejon Street and South Nevada Avenue on Monday, April 7, from 9:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. the next day.
Construction crews will be placing pavement markings, installing signs, and performing traffic signal work.
A full breakdown of the closures and the detours from the city can be found below:
Drivers traveling northbound on South Tejon Street are encouraged to take Brookside Street to South Nevada Avenue to I-25 North Connector Road back to South Tejon Street.
If you're traveling northbound to East Motor Way, you're encouraged to take Brookside Street to Woodburn Street to East Motor Way.
Southbound travelers trying to get on the I-25 are encouraged to take South Tejon Street to Brookside Street to South Nevada Avenue to I-25 South.
After the work on this section, South Tejon Street between Brookside Street and the Interstate 25 ramps will be closed.
While this section is closed, drivers traveling south on South Tejon Street are encouraged to take I-25 South Connector Road to South Nevada Avenue, to Brookside Street back to South Tejon Street.
If you're traveling south on South Tejon St to get to westbound East Motor Way, you're encouraged to take I-25 South Connector Road to South Nevada Avenue to Brookside Street to Woodburn Street back to East Motor Way.
If construction on the second closure isn't completed by 5:00 a.m., there will be another closure starting Tuesday, April 8, from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9.
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