After departing from Kremmling, this mileage sign provides the distance to Hot Sulfur Springs and Granby. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Eastbound U.S. 40 enters Byers Canyon. It is only another three or four miles before the highway enters the town of Hot Sulfur Springs. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Crossing the Colorado River, U.S. 40 east meets Grand County Route 50, which connects to Forest Service Road 133 in the Arapaho National Forest. Photo taken 08/27/04.
U.S. 40 passes through scenic Byers Canyon. Photos taken 08/27/04.
After departing from scenic Byers Canyon, U.S. 40 east enters Hot Sulfur Springs, elevation 7,670 feet. The Colorado River flows through the town, offering river rafters opportunities to pass through Byers Canyon and other local rapids. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Now entering the town, Grand County Route 20 travels north from U.S. 40 to the business district of Hot Sulfur Springs. Photo taken 08/27/04.
After leaving Hot Sulfur Springs, this mileage sign provides the distance to Granby and Grand Lake (via U.S. 34 eastbound). Photo taken 08/27/04.
This eastbound U.S. 40 shield lacks a directional banner, but it is posted with the standard yellow pole that is commonly found for reassurance markers in Colorado. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Grand County Route 55 follows an alternate route to U.S. 40, following Gardiner Creek southeast around the south slope of Mount Chauncey. It reconnects with U.S. 40 near the Ninemile Creek bridge south of Granby. U.S. 40, meanwhile, continues east to connect with Colorado 125 and Granby. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Near Windy Gap Reservoir, eastbound U.S. 40 approaches its junction with Colorado 125. Colorado 125 turns north toward Willow Creek Pass (elevation 9,621 feet), then enters Jackson County en route to Walden and the Wyoming towns of Saratoga, Encampment, and Laramie via Wyoming 230. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Eastbound U.S. 40 reaches Colorado 125 north at this intersection. Colorado 125 travels north to Walden and Laramie, but it does not continue south of this point. However, U.S. 40 east will turn south after passing through Granby so it can join with Interstate 70 west of Denver and south of Winter Park. Photo taken 08/27/04.
This mileage sign provides the distance to Granby (two miles) and Tabernash (13 miles) after the Colorado 125 intersection near Windy Gap Reservoir. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Eastbound U.S. 40 approaches the junction with U.S. 34 just prior to entering the town of Granby. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Follow U.S. 34 east to Grand Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Trail Ridge Road, and Loveland. Open only during the summer over Trail Ridge Road, U.S. 34 generally travels north between Granby and Milner Pass (elevation 10,758 feet above sea level). To the east, U.S. 34 continues along Trail Ridge Road, crossing Fall River Pass (elevation 11,796 feet above sea level) and the Trail Ridge Road High Point (elevation 12,183 feet) at the Gore Range Overlook. From there, U.S. 34 descends through the national park to the town of Estes Park. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Continue south of U.S. 40 to Granby, Winter Park, and Interstate 70. During winter, use U.S. 40 east to Interstate 70 east to Interstate 76 east to bypass U.S. 34. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Now near Genesee Park off Interstate 70 (Exit 254), eastbound U.S. 40 approaches Buffalo Bill's Grave, Lookout Mountain, and the Boettcher Mansion. Photo taken 02/02/02.
After the junction with U.S. 6 and Colorado 119, U.S. 40 continues east as a frontage road, crossing Clear Creek via this bridge. U.S. 40 remains north of Interstate 70 between Exit 244 and Exit 251. At Exit 251, U.S. 40 swings south of Interstate 70 to meet up with Colorado 74 north of Evergreen. Photo taken 08/27/04.
Just southeast of Exit 251 and southwest of Exit 252, eastbound Colorado 74 merges with eastbound U.S. 40 just prior to the Interstate 70 interchange north of Evergreen. Photos taken 08/29/04.
Interstate 70 Colorado and U.S. 40 shields at the Genesee Park exit. Photos taken 02/02/02.
The first picture shows eastbound U.S. 40, as a lonely frontage road, heading east from the Genesee Park exit, and the second picture shows U.S. 40 headed westbound to a four-way stop, marking the point where U.S. 40 silently merges onto Interstate 70 westbound. The last picture shows that U.S. 40 is indeed shown on the local street signs. Photos taken 02/02/02.
U.S. 40 West
Now in Clear Creek Canyon, U.S. 40 west meets U.S. 6 near Exit 244 on Interstate 70. U.S. 40 turns left (west) onto U.S. 6, and the two routes merge onto Interstate 70 west. Photo taken 08/29/04.
Here is a close-up of the U.S. 6 and Colorado 119 shields used in this assembly. Photo taken 08/29/04.
A left turn here leads to Interstate 70 west to Idaho Springs. Photo taken 08/29/04.
