The stretch of U.S. Highway 550 was originally a toll road built in the 1880s and it was then paved in the 1920s, according ...

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U.S. Route 550 is known as Colorado's Million Dollar Highway. The road is said to have cost $1 million per mile to construct and travels through the heart of the San Juan Mountains.

The Colorado road known as the Million Dollar Highway received an upgrade in five new, permanent avalanche-triggering mechanisms. The devices were placed atop known slide chutes above U.S. 550.

U.S. Highway 550 Colorado (Million Dollar Highway) 3. Interstate 4 ... Mens pro rider LeRoy Popowski flies down Coal Bank Pass during the 2013 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race on U.S. Highway 550.

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado's Million Dollar Highway was closed Wednesday morning after a boulder fell onto the road. U.S. 550 Red Mountain Pass was closed between Silverton and Ouray at 2:30 ...

Colorado’s annual spending on road conditions totaled $97.6 million, or $16.69 per resident, according to Federal Highway Administration data from 2022, the last year for which data was ...

Colorado Highway Service Areas To Receive Proceeds from $58.2 Million in Bonds. Published: June 20, 2025 at 5:54 p.m. ET. ... with the largest expected to be a $26.3 million bond due in 2060.

$15 million in improvements coming ... the base and normal highway traffic create a steady amount of ... the event is from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Colorado Freedom Church, 6862 Galley Road.

A rendering of the new Highway 24 and Peterson Interchange project. The goal of the project which has a $15.3 million price tag, is to provide a more efficient and safe transition to the Peterson ...

Wet autumn road goes from Ouray to Silverton Colorado, the Million Dollar Highway with color, Route 550. (Photo by: Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) by: Maddie Rhodes ...