2 lanes of Glenwood Canyon to open Thursday

GLENWOOD CANYON - One lane of Interstate 70 in each direction in Glenwood Canyon should open Thursday after crews do some cleanup, drainage work and final pavement repair, the Colorado Department of Transportation says. One lane of eastbound and westbound I-70 will reopen by the end of the day Thursday, CDOT spokeswoman Nancy Shanks said late Wednesday night. State work crews, using a helicopter to ferry drilling equipment and a generator high up on the canyon wall, blasted free a huge boulder perched above the site of Monday's rockslide. Pieces of the boulder rained down on the freeway shortly before 6 p.m., causing no further serious damage than the destruction done by the initial rockslide.The impact of numerous large rocks and boulders, which fell from the northern canyon wall shortly after midnight on Monday, tore gaping holes in the road platform and closed the freeway in both directions.The closure forced traffic to detour far to the north on US 40 before d