DENVER – U.S. Highway 36 was shut down in both directions just after 8:30 p.m. Friday between Baseline Road and Foothills Parkway in Boulder while police investigated a suspicious package in the road.
Boulder police and the Colorado Department of Transportation closed the eastbound lanes of the highway just after 8 p.m. to investigate the package and evacuated four nearby homes.
They shut down the westbound lanes about half an hour later.
The bomb squad was at the scene as of 8:20 p.m. Police advised drivers to take alternate routes and avoid the area.
This is a developing news story and will be updated.
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