A thousand-square-yard mud slide has been cleared from a stretch of Colorado Highway 145 between Telluride and Placerville. The state Department of Transportation says a 15-minute downpour Wednesday night triggered the slide, which dumped sludge intermittently on three miles of road.
Eighteen workers, eight dump trucks, three graders and three front-end loaders labored six hours to remove the debris, but mud remains in the ditches and travelers will encounter traffic delays over the next two weeks while those are cleared.
