Col­orado 82 over Inde­pen­dence Pass has reopened with lim­it­ed access and alter­nat­ing traf­fic, accord­ing to the Col­orado Depart­ment of Transportation.

East­bound and west­bound traf­fic on either side of the pass will expe­ri­ence alter­nat­ing traf­fic flow con­trolled by flag­ging per­son­nel, CDOT said in a news release.

The pass closed this week because of the Griz­zly Creek fire and safe­ty con­cerns over heavy traf­fic vol­umes as Col­orado 82 became an alter­nate route.

“The com­bi­na­tion of heavy traf­fic, nar­row width of the high­way in sev­er­al loca­tions and vehi­cle length restric­tions are cre­at­ing unsafe trav­el con­di­tions on Inde­pen­dence Pass,” CDOT said.

Only pas­sen­ger vehi­cles, such as cars, SUVs and vans, are allowed. The pass remains closed to com­mer­cial motor vehi­cles (CMVs), camper trail­ers, recre­ation­al or sim­i­lar vehi­cles. Campers and recre­ation­al vehi­cles are urged to seek an alter­nate south­ern route.

Dri­vers using the pass should expect slow speeds, lengthy trav­el times and poten­tial delays of up to two hours, CDOT said.

Trav­el­ers should avoid using coun­ty or for­est roads as alter­nate routes, because road con­di­tions may not be favor­able. The lat­est offi­cial road con­di­tions and clo­sures can be found on online at www.cotrip.org.