Interstate 25 South - Colorado Springs

Beyond a directional T interchange (Exit 155) with Powers Boulevard, I-25/U.S. 85-87 continues south across Monument Branch and Black Squirrel Creek to Exit 153 for Interquest Parkway.
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Rising to an elevation of 14,115 feet above sea level, massive Pikes Peak comes into view on the Front Range.
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Interquest Parkway stems east from the trumpet interchange at Exit 153 between Interquest Marketplace and the Corporate Center at Interquest. The arterial connects I-25 and Voyager Parkway with SH 21 (Powers Boulevard) at SH 83.
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Interstate 25 separates the United States Air Force Academy from Colorado Springs south across Kettle Creek to the trumpet interchange (Exit 151) with Briargate Parkway.
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Briargate Parkway extends east from I-25 by The Promenade Shops at Briargate retail complex to the Pine Creek Golf Course community and UCHealth Memorial Hospital North.
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A scenic overlook lies just east of the United States Air Force Academy Airfield.
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Briargate Parkway runs across north Colorado Springs to suburban development beyond SH 21 (Powers Boulevard). Parallel Voyager Parkway south to N Academy Boulevard formerly was part of SH 83.
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Interstate 25 south to the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 150) with N Academy Boulevard was expanded to six overall lanes by 2014.
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Nevada Avenue (old U.S. 85/87) south to Downtown Colorado Springs was formerly Business Loop I-25.
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Interstate 25 south crosses Cottonwood Creek a half mile from Exit 148.
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Separate ramps for Corporate Centre Drive and Nevada Street were consolidated into a split diamond interchange (Exit 148) as part of the COSMIX project: The Expansion of Interstate 25 to Six Lanes in Colorado Springs.
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The left exit at the wye interchange (old Exit 148A) for Nevada Avenue (former Business Loop I-25) was removed.
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Right in right out (RIRO) ramps previously linked Interstate 25 with Rockrimmon Boulevard at what was Exit 147.
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A SPUI joins I-25 with Garden of the Gods Road at Exit 146. The arterial becomes Austin Bluffs Parkway east to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
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Garden of the Gods Road west to N 30th Street south leads to the Garden of the Gods, which is a public park with paved hiking trails and an interpretative nature center. Red rocks jut out from the landscape, giving the park an other worldly feel.
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Fillmore Street east from the DDI at Exit 145 to Nevada Avenue (old Business Loop I-25/U.S. 85-87) was formerly SH 38.
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U.S. 24 (Midland Expressway) converges with Interstate 25 southeast from Old Colorado City at Cimarron Street outside Downtown Colorado Springs.
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Northwest from Colorado Springs, U.S. 24 travels to the city of Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak Highway, a toll road ascending onto one of the nation's most famous mountains. Manitou Springs is home to the Miramont Castle built in 1895, and Cave of the Winds, which was discovered in the 1870s and opened as a tourist attraction thereafter.
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Exit 141 departs I-25 south for U.S. 24 (Cimmaron Street) west to Woodland Park and Leadville. U.S. 24 east combines with I-25 to Exit 139.
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I-25/U.S. 24 (Monument Valley Highway) parallel Fountain Creek southeast around Downtown Colorado Springs to a split diamond interchange (Exit 140) with Tejon Street and SH 115 (Nevada Avenue) south.
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Beginning at Exit 140, SH 115 travels 47.50 miles southwest from Colorado Springs to Fort Carson, Florence and U.S. 50 at Cañon City.
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Nevada Avenue north from SH 115 was Business Loop I-25 into Downtown Colorado Springs. U.S. 85 used to continue along SH 115 to Lake Avenue east and Venetucci Boulevard south.
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U.S. 24 separates from I-25 at the ensuing exit along an expressway east to Fountain Boulevard.
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Tejon Street parallels Nevada Avenue north across Fountain Creek into the Colorado Springs central business district.
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