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Colorado Department of Transportation Project Manager Stephanie Gramberg leads a tour of the work progress on I-25, East County Road 24 in Loveland on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.
Jon Austria/The ColoradoanA worker carries rebar while working on the Centerra Loveland mobility hub on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The bus slip is being built in the center of Interstate 25 near Loveland as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanA rendering of what the Centerra Mobility Hub will look like near Loveland, Colo.The hub is the first of its kind in the state and is being built as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationConstruction on the Kechter Road bridge continues Wednesday, March 16, 2022, across Interstate 25, south of Fort Collins, Colorado.
Jon Austria/The ColoradoanColorado Highway 402 interchange at Interstate 25 before construction as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationColorado Highway 402 interchange at Interstate 25 after construction as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationCrews work on the final touches of the new northbound Harmony Road off-ramp at Interstate 25 on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Fort Collins, Colo. The new ramp will alleviate backups onto I-25.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanAn excavator digs soil from the Poudre River bank where crews are widening the bridge over Interstate 25 as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, near Fort Collins, CO. The widening will allow for adding toll lanes above and connection of the Poudre Trail underneath.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanWorkers stand on part of the new Poudre River bridge under construction at Interstate 25 just north of the Harmony Road Exit on Monday, April 5, 2021. The raised bridge is part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanAn aerial view of the new northbound Poudre River bridge at Interstate 25 near Fort Collins, Colo. The new bridge is part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Of Colorado Department Of TransportationProspect Road interchange at Interstate 25 before construction as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationProspect Road interchange at Interstate 25 after construction as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationConstruction crews work on building the new Poudre River bridge over Interstate 25 on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, near Fort Collins, CO.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews work on construction of the north Prospect Road bridge over Interstate 25 on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanA construction crew installs guard rails on the new Prospect Road bridge over Interstate 25 on March 25, 2020.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanConstruction crews work on the Prospect Road and Interstate 25 interchange on March 30, 2020. The city plans to widen Prospect Road to four lanes from the frontage road to Sharp Point Drive in 2021.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews work on a retaining wall at the Prospect Road bridge interchange on Feb. 24, 2020 as part of the I-25 North Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews work on the Colorado Highway 402 bridge over Interstate 25 as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project on Aug. 13. The bridge is expected to open in mid-October.
Miles Bblumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews work on the Big Thompson River bridge over Interstate 25 on Feb. 28, 2020 as part of the I-25 North Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanRecycled asphalt is loaded into a semi-truck trailer on Interstate 25 near the Colorado Highway 392 interchange as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanVehicles drive northbound on Interstate 25 over the Big Thompson River while work is being done on the bridge on the southbound lanes on Feb. 28, 2020 as part of the I-25 North Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews tear up the old lanes of northbound Interstate 25 just south of the U.S. Highway 34 interchange on March 3, 2020, as part of the I-25 North Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/The ColoradoanA worker cuts apart the old Great Western Railway bridge near Loveland on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. The bridge is being cut up then will be recycled. A new bridge will replace it as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanThis image of interstate 25 just south of the Colorado Highway 392 interchange shows how wide the new interstate will be when the North I-25 Express Lanes Project is complete.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationVehicles pass a worker removing asphalt from the U.S. Highway 34 bridge over Interstate 25 in Loveland, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. U.S. 34 and I-25 will be closed Friday and Saturday nights as crews demolish a portion of the bridge as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanNorthbound Interstate 25 traffic passes a section of what will become the new northbound I-25 lanes near the Kechter Road bridge just south of Fort Collins, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The work is part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews work on the north side of the Kechter Road bridge at Interstate 25 on Sept. 22, 2021, just south of Fort Collins, Colo., as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project. Kechter Road is scheduled to be completely closed Oct. 1 until May of 2022.
Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins ColoradoanCrews tore down the eastern half of the Kechter Road bridge over Interstate 25 near Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, and Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Workers will tear down the western half of the bridge Oct. 8-9 to eventually widen and expand the bridge as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt / The ColoradoanTraffic moves along northbound Interstate 25 south of Harmony Road on June 17, 2022, while construction takes place on the southbound lanes as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt/The ColoradoanWork on a railroad overpass on Interstate-25 in Loveland on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.
Jon Austria/The ColoradoanThis is a drone image of the the Interstate 25 bridges over the Great Western railroad tracks near Fort Collins, Colo.. The bridges are being reconstructed as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes Project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationWorkers construct a bridge as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationConcrete is poured on a bridge at night as part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Courtesy Colorado Department Of TransportationCrews work on a column on the overpass at the Colorado Highway 60 and Interstate 25 interchange near Johnstown, Colo., on Sept. 27, 2022. The work is part of the North I-25 Express Lanes project.
Miles Blumhardt/The ColoradoanTraffic moves along Interstate-25 near the Windsor exit on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
Jon Austria/The ColoradoanTraffic moves along Interstate 25 near the Windsor exit on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
Jon Austria/The ColoradoanTraffic moves along Interstate-25 near the Windsor exit on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
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