AURORA | As part of an interchange expansion construction on E-470, overnight closures on Gartrell Road are expected next week.
From Nov. 17 to Nov. 19 while construction crews install a bridge beam, Gartrell Road over E-470 will close to all traffic from Aurora Parkway to Dry Creek Road in the evening and overnight. Detours will be routed to Arapahoe Road and Aurora Parkway to access Gartrell Road.
Additionally, one direction of E-470 will be closed at a time at Gartrell Road during evening and overnight hours, with a detour in place over the interchange. No exits at the E-470 and Gartrell intersections will be available.
The city is telling drivers to use Smoky Hill Road as the alternate route to access destinations normally reached via the Gartrell Road exits. Tolls at the Gartrell Road interchange will be waived during the closures.
The intersection expansion construction started earlier this year and is expected to finish by July 2027. The project will widen the existing two-lane Gartrell Road bridge over E-470 to a four-lane section with turn lanes, and will include multimodal improvements and new traffic signals.
The $10.8 million project is funded by the South Aurora Regional Improvement Authority and the E-470 Public Highway Authority.