A road in Colorado is closed indefinitely due to a massive rock slide that produced two boulders large enough to wipe out a significant portion of the pavement.
![giant boulder destroys colorado highway, giant boulder destroys colorado highway video, giant boulder destroys colorado highway may 2019, giant boulder destroys colorado highway picture](https://strangesounds.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/giant-boulder-destroys-colorado-highway.jpg)
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the boulders struck Colorado 145 on Friday between Cortez and Telluride. The slide included dirt and other rocks.
![The rock slide occurred Friday on Colorado 145 between Cortez and Telluride.](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190525112318-02-co-boulder-exlarge-169.jpg)
The two huge boulders destroyed the full width of the highway pavement, leaving a trench about 8 feet deep across both lanes. The road is impassable, the department said.
![The biggest boulder will have to be removed in pieces.](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190525112344-03-co-boulder-exlarge-169.jpg)
One of the boulders remains embedded on the highway, according to the Colorado DOT, which described it as the size of a building and said it will have to be blasted into smaller pieces before being moved off the highway.
![The road is impassible and will be closed indefinitely, the Colorado Department of Transportation says.](https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190525112404-04-co-boulder-exlarge-169.jpg)
“A geo-technical team, equipment and supplies are being mobilized to the site, but it is not known when the road can be re-opened,” the department said in a post on Facebook.
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[CNN]