{"id":1995,"date":"2026-06-25T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:34:35","slug":"u-s-6-closed-near-golden-after-heavy-overnight-rain-triggers-rockslides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 6 closed near Golden after heavy overnight rain triggers rockslides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Heavy overnight rain triggered several rockslides in Colorado\u2019s foothills, shutting down U.S. 6, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1993\">Quiz: How much do you know about the campaign mailers filling your mailbox?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of 7 a.m. Thursday, U.S. 6 was closed in both directions between Colorado 119 near Floyd Hill and Colorado 93 near Golden, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>CDOT cameras in the area of the closure captured some of the rockslides, showing waves of dirt and debris spreading from the rocky walls surrounding the highway to both lanes of travel.<\/p>\n<p>The storm dropped between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain in the Evergreen area, which also caused Bear Creek to surge and damage several bridges, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1991\">Owners of Colorado Springs brewery taking \u2018well deserved rest\u2019 with closure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed multiple rockslides were blocking U.S. 6, the exact number and when they were expected to be cleared was not available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease avoid the area,\u201d sheriff\u2019s officials said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1989\">How are Michael Bennet and Phil Weiser different? A look at how the Democrats stack up on the biggest issues.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. 6 was closed in both directions between Colorado 119 near Floyd Hill and Colorado 93 near Golden, according to CDOT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-transportation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. 6 closed near Golden after heavy overnight rain triggers rockslides - Colorado Springs Moverss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1995\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. 6 closed near Golden after heavy overnight rain triggers rockslides - 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