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Interstate 70 U.S. 36 U.S. 40 West U.S. 287 North

Confirming marker posted west of Exit 292 for SH 36 and E Colfax Avenue.
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Pull offs line both sides of Interstate 70 west of the Powhaton Road overpass.
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A Breezewood connection between I-70 and E-470 utilizes Gun Club Road from the diamond interchange at Exit 289 to the toll road.
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E-470 constitutes a 46.40 mile long beltway east of I-25 between Lone Tree in Douglas County and the city/county of Broomfield.
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E-470 north provides the shortest route to Denver International Airport (DEN) from eastern reaches of Aurora.
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Gun Club Road parallels E-470 south from a wye interchange by E 19th Avenues.
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U.S. 40/287 part ways with I-70/U.S. 36 west and combine with Business Loop I-70 along Colfax Avenue at a wye interchange (Exit 288) beyond E-470.
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A high flyover provides a direct link from the E-470 tollway north to Interstate 70 west.
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U.S. 40/287 straddle the Adams and Arapahoe County line along Colfax Avenue to East Colfax in Denver.
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Reassurance marker for I-70 west posted ahead of the entrance ramp from E-470 north.
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Left Exit 288 departs with two lanes to Colfax Avenue. All of Colfax Avenue west to Denver, Lakewood and Golden doubles as Business Loop I-70. U.S. 287 follows the arterial street to Federal Boulevard at Sun Valley, Denver.
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Interstate 70 U.S. 36 West

Interstate 70 and unsigned U.S. 36 angle northwest from Colfax Avenue and next meet Tower Road at a diamond interchange (Exit 286).
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Interchange sequence sign listing the last three Aurora exits from Interstate 70 west.
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Tower Road stems north from Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 (Colfax Avenue) to Green Valley Ranch and the DIA area of northeast Denver. Historically, Tower Road south from Exit 286 to Colfax Avenue was SH 32.
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Interstate 225 constitutes a 12.43 mile suburban freeway arcing southwest through Aurora to Cherry Creek Lake and I-25 at Hampden South in Denver.
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The entrance ramp from Chambers Road adds an auxiliary lane for the c/d roadway (Exit 282) to Peoria Street.
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Traffic from the south end of Federico Peña Boulevard expands Interstate 70 west by two lanes to the collector distributor roadway (Exit 282) for Interstate 225 south and Peoria Street.
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Interstate 225 links Denver International Airport (DEN) with Denver Tech Center and Colorado Springs via I-25 south.
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I-70 advances west with three through lanes through the semi directional T interchange (Exit 282) with Interstate 225 south.
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Peoria Street parallels I-225 south from Montbello in Denver to the Anschutz (Fitzsimons) medical campus in Aurora.
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West from I-225, I-70 continues 3.25 miles to the Stapleton area of northeast Denver and the split with I-270/U.S. 36 at Exit 279A.
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Westbound at the c/d roadway separation for I-225 south.
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Construction between 1992 and 1997 reconfigured the directional T interchange linking I-70/225 to eliminate left exit ramps.
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1992-97 reconstruction at I-225 also realigned the roadways along I-70 to run side by side.
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Westbound travelers formally enter the Denver County and city limits within the exchange at I-225. The freeway separates the Montbello and Stapleton areas to Havana Street.
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The c/d roadway for Exit 282 splits into ramps for the diamond interchange at Peoria Street and return access to I-70. Peoria Street runs north between industrial areas of Stapleton and residential areas of Monbello to end at 56th Avenue.
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Photo Credits:

07/04/12, 08/11/16, 04/22/17, 04/28/17 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 225
Business Loop I-70 - Golden, Denver, Aurora
E-470
Peña Boulevard

Page Updated 01-19-2022.

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