Project Updates

Project Completion: As of May, 2024 the Loop is 62 percent complete based on work finished.

Update April 29:

An additional pedestrian detour route will be in effect this week on Elkhorn Avenue at the crosswalk near the library for ADA ramp upgrades. This will take place on either side of the road throughout this week. Please see the pedestrian detour maps below for more information.

Update April 28:

The temporary signal on Moraine Avenue south of Davis Street will remain in place next week and continue to assist the flow of traffic through the month of May. During this time, Davis Street (west side off of US 36) will be closed and drivers will be required to use Davis Street from Moraine Avenue. The temporary signal is needed to facilitate the rebuilding of asphalt on the east side of Moraine Avenue to the west of the roundabout and is anticipated to expedite the construction schedule for the area, pending weather.

Crews will continue to prep for paving at the far west end of the roundabout near the one-way configuration and in the post office parking lot through next week. The project team anticipates paving to begin at the roundabout toward the end of next week or beginning of the following. The post office parking lot will be paved after the roundabout.

To access the post office, please use the Town’s Riverside Parking lot, located north of Rockwell Street or find alternate parking. The east half of the post office parking lot will be under construction through the end of the month and will reopen after paving operations are completed in early May.

*Please remember to frequent those businesses that are heavily impacted during this phase of construction. All schedules are subject to change based on weather, unforeseen circumstance and available resources needed to complete the job.

Some of the work occurring for the week:

  • Excavation and subgrade work will continue on the southeast corner of Elkhorn and E. Riverside in preparation for new sidewalks and gutters. The Dairy Queen parking lot will have the E. Riverside entrance closed for this work. Access to the parking lot will be from Elkhorn Avenue.

  • Overhead work will continue for mast arm placement at the Elkhorn and Moraine intersection. The temporary 4-way stop sign configuration will remain in place until the end of the month. Please use extra caution when in this area.

  • Excavation and grading will continue for upcoming concrete paving at the roundabout.  

  • Sidewalk removals and reconstruction will take place starting by the post office parking lot beginning next week.

  • Virginia Drive has reopened to the traveling public.

The following traffic configuration is currently in place:

  • A one-way configuration when traveling west on Elkhorn Ave from the Elkhorn Ave/E. Riverside Drive intersection

  • A one-lane, one-way configuration when traveling south on Moraine Ave from Elkhorn Ave to Crags Drive – temporary signal in place to direct traffic

  • A one-way partial roundabout flow when traveling through the intersection of Crags Drive and Moraine Ave, which will be delineated by signs and barriers

  • A one-lane, one-way configuration when traveling northbound on W. Riverside Drive

  • A one-lane, one-way when traveling north on E. Riverside Drive from the new bridge

  • All remaining roads outside of the above bulleted points will remain in their current traffic configuration

  • The post office parking lot is closed and will remain closed through the spring. To access the post office, please use Rockwell Street. Post office and restaurant patrons need to park in the Town’s Riverside Parking lot, located north of Rockwell Street, or find alternate parking.

  • A closure of the Rockwell bridge with a detour south through the post office parking lot and across the new bridge onto E. Riverside Drive

  • No right turn from the bridge onto E. Riverside Drive

Traffic Impacts

Full closures are in place 24/7. Other daytime impacts may include the following and will go from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays and weekends (excluding holidays):

  • One-lane closure on East Riverside Drive

  • One-lane closure on Moraine Avenue/US 36

  • One-lane closure on Elkhorn Avenue

Project Timeline

Fall/Winter 2023 to Spring 2024:

  • Improvements to the Elkhorn/Moraine intersection

  • Improvements to Elkhorn/East Riverside intersection

  • Improvements to the post office parking lot

  • East Riverside Drive storm line construction

  • Crags Drive and Moraine Avenue roundabout concrete paving

  • Baldwin Park retaining walls

  • New stairs at Moraine Avenue and West Riverside Drive

  • River wall from the new bridge to the Rockwell Street bridge

Summer 2024 to Fall/Winter 2024:

  • Improvements to Elkhorn/Riverside continued

  • Resurfacing Moraine Avenue, Elkhorn Avenue and Rockwell Street

  • Reconstructing East Riverside Drive

  • Installing new landscaping and irrigation

New Construction Project

A new construction project has begun in Estes Park on US 36 with varying traffic impacts, currently a lane closure west of the roundabout. This is not part of the Loop project. For more information, please contact the project team at:

Project website: https://www.codot.gov/projects/us34us36resurfacing

Project hotline: 970-673-4322

Project email: us34andus36resurfacing@getinfonow.us

Impacts to Other Modes of Travel

There is a detour in place for pedestrians who are wanting to access Piccadilly Square from Moraine Ave/US Highway 36. Pedestrians will take Rockwell Drive east and then turn south in front of the post office. Then, cross W. Riverside Drive to the river walk alongside the Big Thompson River. Pedestrians will next head south toward Baldwin Park and access Piccadilly Square from there.  Please note, there is no pedestrian access at the roundabout location (Crags Drive, W. Riverside Drive and Moraine Ave).