Gridlock caused by Rocky Mountain day-trippers forced a small Colorado town to be temporarily closed to anyone who couldn’t prove they live there.

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The barricade of Georgetown was announced Saturday afternoon by the Clear Creek County sheriff’s office. All non-resident drivers trying to exit from Interstate 70 were being turned away, the sheriff’s department said, because “the town is so congested with leaf-peeping traffic that all traffic in town is at a standstill.”

Georgetown residents were told they would have to show proof of address.

The closure was lifted after 90 minutes, but drivers were warned that traffic remained heavy through the town and on the prime fall color route of Guanella Pass Road.

Georgetown, with a population of about 1,200, lies along I-70 abou

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