After years of funding setbacks, supply chain snags and snowstorms that cut construction seasons short, the long-awaited Vail Pass Rest Area is finally open .

Vail Pass Rest Area CBS

The new building sits at 10,500 feet, one of the more challenging places in Colorado to complete a project like this, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Inside are upgraded restrooms and exhibits that highlight the history of Vail Pass. Outside, the expanded parking lot now offers more room for semi-trucks and travelers who are forced to wait out storms or closures on I-70.

"It's not easy," said Hope Wright, the rest area project manager. "We have short construction windows, unpredictable weather, difficult logistics. Every piece of material and equipment had to be carefully pla

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