MountainMan
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Bicycles are allowed to ride the shoulder of the freeway when there is no reasonable alternative. During the six months of winter, I am unable to commute on the Recreation Path that is closed due to snow and avalanche danger. Therefore, I must ride the shoulder of I-70 freeway in order to commute 16 miles a day to work. I live at Copper Mountain Village and must commute through Officers Gulch between the Gore Range and Ten Mile Range of mountains in Colorado to reach the Town of Frisco. Recently, a CDOT snowplow driver attempted to detain me on the shoulder of the freeway to instruct me that I should not use the freeway. I am looking for the legal citations concerning bicycle legal rights to the freeway shoulder.