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US-550 San Juan Skyway Guardrail | Ideal Fencing Corp

US-550 between Durango and Ouray — part of the San Juan Skyway — climbs to 11,018 feet at Red Mountain Pass on a roadway cut directly into cliff faces above the Uncompahgre Gorge, where guardrail fail

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US-550 between Durango and Ouray — part of the San Juan Skyway — climbs to 11,018 feet at Red Mountain Pass on a roadway cut directly into cliff faces above the Uncompahgre Gorge, where guardrail failure means a vehicle goes over a 500-foot drop. CDOT Region 5 treats this corridor as among its highest-priority safety infrastructure, and guardrail installations here must meet the most demanding CDOT specifications for mountain cliff-edge applications.

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Red Mountain Pass guardrail is installed on a narrow roadway with cut rock on one side and a sheer cliff on the other. Standard W-beam systems must be engineered with rock-anchor attachments in sections where there is no room for standard post embedment. CDOT Region 5 specifies enhanced barrier systems on the most exposed cliff-edge sections.

Red Mountain Pass typically closes for winter from November through April. CDOT Region 5 guardrail projects on US-550 are generally scheduled between late May and early October, with weather contingencies built into every contract because summer snowstorms occur at 11,000 feet.

Yes. CDOT Region 5 projects in La Plata, Ouray, and San Juan counties are typically mobilized from our Colorado Springs office, approximately 210 miles from Durango via US-160. We stage equipment at Durango for extended Region 5 projects to reduce daily travel time.

Guardrail in US-550 San Juan Skyway

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