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Was the really long I-76 Colorado business loop retired?
usends:
--- Quote from: Alps on September 14, 2022, 08:05:00 PM ---...I'll be on it next week to see how many Bus 76 signs are left...
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I've been to Sterling and surroundings a couple times within the past couple years (to photograph the new terminus of US 138). From what I observed, BS-76 is still posted as described earlier in this thread, which is to say: not at all in Sterling. It's signed as expected from Brush up to jct. SH 63 in Atwood, but beyond there, it just quietly disappears. In 2010 Corco commented that the Spur signs (which replaced the Loop signs) didn't have date stamps, but CDoT must have put date stickers on retroactively, because I have some 2020 photos that show 2010 date stickers.
Also note that Google Maps is still not accurately showing the new arrangement in Sterling, even though traffic was rerouted a couple years ago. It does illustrate the new diagonal alignment that connects Chestnut and Main, but it still shows US 6 using 3rd Av south of Chestnut, when it actually uses Division now. Also SH 14 no longer uses Main east of Division.
Alps:
--- Quote from: usends on September 14, 2022, 11:19:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: Alps on September 14, 2022, 08:05:00 PM ---...I'll be on it next week to see how many Bus 76 signs are left...
--- End quote ---
I've been to Sterling and surroundings a couple times within the past couple years (to photograph the new terminus of US 138). From what I observed, BS-76 is still posted as described earlier in this thread, which is to say: not at all in Sterling. It's signed as expected from Brush up to jct. SH 63 in Atwood, but beyond there, it just quietly disappears. In 2010 Corco commented that the Spur signs (which replaced the Loop signs) didn't have date stamps, but CDoT must have put date stickers on retroactively, because I have some 2020 photos that show 2010 date stickers.
Also note that Google Maps is still not accurately showing the new arrangement in Sterling, even though traffic was rerouted a couple years ago. It does illustrate the new diagonal alignment that connects Chestnut and Main, but it still shows US 6 using 3rd Av south of Chestnut, when it actually uses Division now. Also SH 14 no longer uses Main east of Division.
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All of the above is most interesting. I've only done the piece in Sterling (to get to/from US 138) so that's the only part I know until about a week from now.
The Ghostbuster:
At 52.31 miles, the Business 76 Fort Morgan-to-Sterling is the longest Interstate Business Route in the country. Since it is co-designated with US 6 and US 34 for its entire length, is the business route necessary? Usually, business routes are designated when old through-town segments are bypassed, or in the case of Interstate Business Routes, are often designated along segments of decommissioned State or US Highways.
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