Interstate 70 East - Elbert / Lincoln Counties

I-70/U.S. 40-287 bee line southeast alongside Highway 40, the Union Pacific Railroad and East Bijou Creek to Exit 336 / Lowland.

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Exit 336 joins I-70 with County Road 178 to ranch areas at Lowland.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 336) with CR 178 to Highway 40 at Lowland on Interstate 70 east.

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Interstate 70 shifts eastward away from adjacent Highway 40 to Agate. A 2.80 mile segment of Highway 40 is state maintained as Route 040F.

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Bypassing Agate in two miles, Interstate 70 continues south another 21 miles to Limon.

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Despite a lack of services, upcoming Main Street west from Exit 340 doubles as unsigned Business Spur I-70 to 1st Avenue (SH 40).

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A chain station is included within the diamond interchange (Exit 340) at Agate.

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Exit 340 leaves Interstate 70 east for Business Spur I-70 (Route 070O) west and County Road 166 east. Route 040F (1st Avenue) runs north from Main Street in Agate to end at milepost 388 on the frontage road.

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Confirming marker for Interstate 70 east posted ahead of Agate Creek.

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The Lincoln County seat of Hugo joins Limon on the succeeding distance sign for the continuation of U.S. 40/287 beyond Interstate 70.

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A wide median appears along Interstate 70 to the east of the UP Railroad siding of Buick.

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The snow capped summit of Pikes Peak appears far to the southwest in this scene looking past the Union Pacific Railroad at Buick.

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Passing south of milepost 346 along I-70/U.S. 40-287 east.

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Curving easterly toward Beaver Creek, I-70 east next meets County Road 134 at Exit 348.

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County Road 134 links the diamond interchange (Exit 348) at Interstate 70 with the railroad siding of Cedar Point.

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Interstate 70 advances south through ranch areas east of the UP Railroad. Just 12,000 vehicles per day (vpd) were recorded by CDOT along this stretch in 2015.

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High winds are a nearly omnipresent aspect of the high plains of eastern Colorado. Wind socks appear along Interstate 70 and other highways periodically throughout the state.

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SH 86 ventures 67 miles east from Castle Rock to end at I-70/U.S. 40-287 in one mile.

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SH 86 travels 38 miles from Exit 352 to the Elbert County seat of Kiowa.

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Interstate 70 makes a gradual eastern turn ahead of Limon.

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Burlington (U.S. 385) and Salina, Kansas (Interstate 135) debut on eastbound distance signs beyond SH 86.

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A nondescript diamond interchange (Exit 354) connects Interstate 70 with County Road 118 at the railroad siding of River Bend in one half mile.

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West from Exit 354, County Road 118 represents a former alignment of SH 86 across Big Sandy Creek.

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The Union Pacific Railroad parallels Interstate 70 closely from River Bend southeast to the Limon bypass.

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The south frontage road becomes state maintained east from I-70 milepost 357.5 to U.S. 24 in west Limon as Route 040G.

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Interstate 70 shifts east to circumvent the Limon street grid between Exits 359 and 361. U.S. 40/287 split from the freeway to combine with Business Loop I-70 (Main Street) and U.S. 24 east through Downtown in one mile.

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Eastbound I-70 formally enters both the town of Limon and Lincoln County just ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 359) with Business Loop I-70 east.

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Business Loop I-70 arcz south through the Limon business district from Exit 359 to meet I-70 again at the succeeding two exits. The 4.26 mile long route initially angles southwest to U.S. 24 and Main Street. U.S. 24 enters Limon from Colorado Springs, 65 miles to the southwest.

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An array of traveler services lies along Business Loop I-70 at Exit 359. The western leg of the route to U.S. 24 (Main Street) is inventoried as U.S. 24 Spur (Route 024F).

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Although this assembly references U.S. 40/287 with trailblazers, the two routes are cosigned with Business Loop I-70/U.S. 24 along Main Street. SH 71 (Indiana Avenue) ties into Main Street from Ordway, 75 miles to the south.

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Continuing east from Exit 359, Interstate 70 stays just north of the Limon town limits to the SH 71 (1st Avenue) overpass.

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Weigh stations line both sides of the freeway midway between mileposts 360 and 361.

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Business Loop I-70/U.S. 24-40-287 (Main Street) cross paths with Interstate 70 at forthcoming Exit 361. Signs for the diamond interchange only reference the connection with SH 71 to keep through traffic along I-70 east to Exit 363.

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SH 71 (1st Avenue) stems north from Main Street just west of Exit 361. The 232.90 mile long highway ventures 73 miles north to Brush and overall as a multi state route north to Kimball, Nebraska.

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Business I-70/U.S. 24-40-287 loop east to Limon Municipal Airport (LIC) and south to a diamond interchange (Exit 363) with Interstate 70.

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This shield for Interstate 70 east stands just beyond the crossing of Lake Creek.

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U.S. 40/287 south leave Limon and the I-70 corridor for Hugo, 13 miles to the south. The pair separate at Kit Karson, with U.S. 287 continuing south to Eads, Lamar, Boise City, Oklahoma and Amarillo, Texas. U.S. 40 travels east to Cheyenne Wells and Oakley, Kansas, where it reconvenes with Interstate 70.

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The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 represent the original two lane alignment of U.S. 24 leading east from Limon. U.S. 24 overlaps with the freeway east to Seibert.

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Progressing east 73 miles to Burlington, the small town of Genoa is next along Interstate 70 in eight miles.

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2015 traffic counts decreased to 10,000 vpd along Interstate 70 across the open ranch land and low rise hills of Lincoln County.

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The abandoned Wonder View Tower, which touted that visitors could see six states, stands just outside of Genoa along Old Highway 24.

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Lincoln County Road 109 meets I-70/U.S. 24 along the east side of Genoa in one mile.

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CR 109 travels 9.1 miles south from the diamond interchange (Exit 371) at Genoa to U.S. 40/287 at Hugo. Old Highway 24 ties into the county road east from the Genoa business district to the north.

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Interstate 70, U.S. 24 and the Union Pacific Railroad advance east four miles to the siding of Bovina. Burlington is less than an hour away.

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One mile ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 376) with Lincoln County Road 36 on I-70/U.S. 24 east.

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County Road 36 leads north and south to open ranch land from Interstate 70 and Bovina.

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Reassurance marker for Interstate 70 east posted at the bridge over Hackberry Creek.

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Distance sign posted 60 miles from the Kit Carson County seat of Burlington and 327 miles from Salina, Kansas.

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The last rest area along Interstate 70 in Colorado is located at Arriba. The succeeding facility is the Kansas welcome center in Sherman County.

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Lincoln County Road 43 crosses paths with I-70/U.S. 24 on the east side of Arriba in one mile.

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The off freeway rest area maintained by CDOT lies just south of Exit 383 on Lincoln County Road 43.

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Eastbound Interstate 70 at the diamond interchange (Exit 383) for the town of Arriba.

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Advancing east from Arriba, Interstate 70 and unsigned U.S. 24 travel ten miles to the town of Flagler.

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Crossing the Kit Carson County line along Interstate 70 east, midway between mileposts 389 and 390.

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