Main Street Revitalization

The town of Breckenridge and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have swapped the highway designation from Main Street to Park Avenue. That means Colorado Highway 9 that used to be Breckenridge's Main Street now moves to Park Avenue on both the north and south ends of town.

This allows more town control over Main Street for such things as closing Main Street for events.

CDOT has been busy re-working both the North Park Avenue intersection with Highway 9 and the South Park Avenue intersection with Highway 9.

Round-a-bouts are being created at both intersections to replace the stoplights. The North Park Avenue round-a-bout includes a two-lane sweep for southbound traffic turning onto Park Avenue and a two-lane round-a-bout, which will facilitate traffic movements through this intersection. It will take some getting used to, let me tell you.

Completion is scheduled for the end of 2005.