Denver to Salt Lake City

[corco]

The intent is that it serves the Denver to Las Vegas/Los Angeles corridor, shaving a couple hundred miles off of that (compared to I-80 or I-40). I-70 in isolation looks useless, but expand your vision to include I-15 and suddenly it looks like a pretty nice diagonal from Denver to Vegas.

That said, an extension to Reno would be neat

[agentsteel53]

maybe as a two-lane interstate... US-50 west of Cove Fort is indeed a very lonely highway.  There is no need for it to be four lanes.  To I-15, four lanes makes sense as there is a moderate amount of truck traffic, but past it, no.

[Hellfighter]

The intent is that it serves the Denver to Las Vegas/Los Angeles corridor, shaving a couple hundred miles off of that (compared to I-80 or I-40). I-70 in isolation looks useless, but expand your vision to include I-15 and suddenly it looks like a pretty nice diagonal from Denver to Vegas.

That said, an extension to Reno would be neat

There's an idea, widen US-50 and raise the speed limit to 90! 

[TXtoNJ]

I feel that that section of I-70 is wasted because it's not really going anywhere. If they really wanted to make it good, they would extend it to meet up with I-80 west of Reno.

Think of it less as a highway from Denver to anywhere, and more as the fastest way from Los Angeles to Chicago and New York City by road. Then I-70 makes a lot more sense, and fully justifies the expense.

[agentsteel53]

I feel that that section of I-70 is wasted because it's not really going anywhere. If they really wanted to make it good, they would extend it to meet up with I-80 west of Reno.

the only problem with US-50 west of Salina is the slightly perverse path it takes to Scipio.  Given traffic volumes, the two-lane corridor is perfectly sufficient to Reno.

the part of US-50 that needs an upgrade, badly, is from Reno to the foothills where the current freeway begins.  Also that one intersection with 49 in Placerville.

[sammack]

I feel that that section of I-70 is wasted because it's not really going anywhere. If they really wanted to make it good, they would extend it to meet up with I-80 west of Reno.

NV's answer to that, no.

They feel US 50 is adequate for the traffic.

A multi-billion dollar interstate is not going to happen