COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many drivers may be pleasantly surprised on Monday to find that a popular route between Academy and Powers boulevards has partially reopened for the first time in nearly two years.
On Friday afternoon, crews reopened the left lanes of Galley Road between Murray Boulevard and Wooten Road after completing a bridge replacement over the West Fork of Sand Creek.
The first cars drove through the construction zone at around 3 a.m., to the cheers of some construction workers.
An on-site supervisor said that the right lanes will remain closed until electrical work is finished.
The $8 million project was delayed at times because of the late arrival of construction materials, challenges in relocating utility lines, and weather.
After wet weather in late spring and early summer, however, dry conditions allowed crews to make significant progress…