Winds blowing dust and gusting to nearly 90 mph on March 12 were creating difficult driving conditions north of Fort Collins, leading to the closure of Interstate 25.
The Interstate 25 closure was from the Prospect Road exit to the Wyoming border because of safety concerns, CDOT posted on X.com, the platform formerly known as Twitter, about 10:30 a.m. That came about 10 minutes after the National Weather Service’s Boulder forecast office posted a map of wind speeds recorded in the area that included a reading of 89 mph along I-25 just south of the Wyoming border and reports of blowing dust that was making driving conditions difficult.
Multiple semi-trucks were blown over on I-25 by high winds earlier in the day, the Colorado State Patrol said in a news release issued about 11:25 a.m…