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Photos: Plowing ahead

Colorado Department of Transportation snowplows prepare for winter storm

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Thursday, Feb 13, 2025 3:46 PM MT

Updated Thursday, Feb 13, 2025 4:35 PM MT

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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, 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)cca
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, loads his snowplow with gravel on Thursday in Durango before the upcoming winter storm. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca
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)cca
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)cca

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