Highway 82

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Dec. 8, 2021

  A deadly stretch: Highway 82 like a 'mini-interstate'

  While the Catherine Store intersection has a bad reputation thanks to some prominent fatal accidents, many other stretches of Highway 82 saw more accidents in 2020 and 2021. Photo by Will Grandbois

  Troopers with the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) are focused on preventing death, injuries and traffic mayhem on Highway 82’s 45-mile stretch from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, until at least the year’s end. The increased patrols come in response to CSP’s several years’ worth of vehicular crash data, requested by the… read more →