CDOT

Updated: September 3, 2024

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Colorado Department of Transportation: A state agency that exists to ensure that Colorado has a safe and efficient highway system by building and maintaining interstates, U.S. highways, and state highways. To accomplish this goal, CDOT conducts three primary services: snow and ice operations, roadway maintenance, and preservation, and construction management. CDOT seeks to provide the best multi-modal transportation systems for Colorado that most effectively and safely moves people, goods, and information.