ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. — Denver7 | Your Voice hit the road to the Eastern Plains Friday after a viewer reached out to us about the conditions on Highway 86 in Elbert County.

Jody Daughenbaugh wrote into our newsroom, "Our roads need some serious help! Highway 86 in an asphalt disaster- maybe this will get the State of Colorado to take notice."

It didn't take long to find what Daughenbaugh was talking about. The 36-mile state highway shows signs of needed repair, from potholes to crumbling edges, especially through the Towns of Elizabeth and Kiowa.

"When I go out in it, I’m like, 'Oh my God, this is ridiculous,'" Daughenbaugh told Denver7 in an interview on Friday. Elbert County residents Mark & Jodie Daughenbaugh speaking with Denver7's Claire Lavezzorio.

Daughenbaugh isn't the only one

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