Colorado Department of Transportation snowplows prepare for winter storm
Lon Wilkinson, a highway technician with Colorado Department of Transportation, walks around his snowplow on Thursday in Durango before hitting the highways to pretreat area bridges with a salt brine mixture before the upcoming winter storm. The storm is expected to drop up to 2 inches of snow per hour on mountain passes. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Lon Wilkinson, a highway technician with Colorado Department of Transportation, loads his snowplow with gravel on Thursday in Durango before the upcoming winter storm. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Lon Wilkinson, a highway technician with Colorado Department of Transportation, pretreats bridges on U.S. Highway 550 with a salt brine mixture on Thursday before the upcoming winter storm. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Lon Wilkinson, a highway technician with Colorado Department of Transportation, pretreats bridges on U.S. Highway 550 with a salt brine mixture on Thursday before the upcoming winter storm. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)