One of the massive boulders that left a highway in Colorado impassable was blasted apart Sunday as construction crews worked to reopen the roadway. The Colorado Department of Transportation said on Facebook the boulder that sat on Colorado Highway 145 and was estimated to weigh 2.3 million pounds was blown apart by construction crews. COLORADO HIGHWAY CLOSED 'INDEFINITELY' AFTER MASSIVE BOULDERS SMASH ROADWAYCDOT said that trucks immediately started hauling the fragments away so crews can begin constructing a temporary roadway in order to reopen the highway for traffic. The massive rock tumbled down as part of a "significant" rock fall Friday afternoon along Colorado Highway 145 about 12 miles north of Dolores, located in the southwest part of the state. But Friday’s rock slide along state Highway 145 between Cortez and Telluride was unusual in that it began on a slope about 1,000 feet above the highway, according to FOX31.

Source: Fox News May 27, 2019 13:30 UTC