I-70 Eisenhower Tunnel To Close Overnights This Week

<p>(AP Photo/David&nbsp;<span data-scayt-word="Zalubowski" data-scayt-lang="en_US">Zalubowski</span>, file)</p>
<p>An automobile passes through the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70 in a file photo, near Silverthorne, Colo.</p>
Photo: Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 (AP Photo)
An automobile passes through the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70 in a file photo, near Silverthorne, Colo.

The westbound tunnel will be closed overnight Monday and Wednesday nights. The eastbound tunnel will be closed overnight Tuesday and Thursday.

Drivers will be detoured over Loveland Pass between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Because several hundred heat detectors need to be tested, each tunnel will be completely closed those nights.