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Although not signed from the Interstate 70 eastbound mainline, a shield for Business Loop I-70 does appear at the end of the off-ramp (Exit 259) at County Road 93.
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County Road 93 (former SH 26) runs north along Dinosaur Ridge to meet Interstate 70 as it emerges from Mount Vernon Canyon. Business Loop I-70 overlaps the county road north to nearby U.S. 40 (Colfax Avenue) east.
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U.S. 40 parallels I-70 west through Mount Vernon Canyon to Genesee Park. Eastbound Business Loop I-70 and U.S. 40 loop north into Golden while I-70 travels further south to C-470 by Green Mountain.
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Reassurance marker posted after Heritage Road (CR 93) and Heritage Square Amusement Park along Colfax Avenue east on the outskirts of Golden.
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Colfax Avenue expands into a four lane, commercial arterial east from the C-470 overpass to Corporate Center Business Park, Interplaza shopping center and U.S. 6 (6th Avenue). Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 proceed east from there to a diamond interchange with I-70 by the Pleasant View neighborhood in west Lakewood.
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Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 shield assembly posted after I-70 and ahead of Indiana Street and Colorado Mills mall.
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Continuing east from the retail area at Colorado Mills, Colfax Avenue enters the Wide Acres Orchard residential area and intersects Normandy Road south and Youngfield Street. Youngfield Street meanders northeast between the Tanglewood and Applewood Heights subdivisions before turning north along a linear route to Wheat Ridge. Youngfield Street is the historic alignment of SH 173. SH 173 was a 1930s route extending north to W 64th Avenue along a combination of 44th Avenue and Ward Road.
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Colfax Avenue reenters the city of Lakewood east from Youngfield Street. A welcome sign appears after Overhill Road.
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The Denver skyline comes into view as Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 (Colfax Avenue) lower toward Simms Street.
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Shields for Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 east posted at Simms Street. The ensuing stretch becomes more commercialized, with big box retail.
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SH 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) crosses Colfax Avenue at a commercialized intersection north from the Lakewood city center and south from Wheat Ridge city hall.
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U.S. 40-287 and Business Loop I-70 (Colfax Avenue) run along a viaduct east from Federal Boulevard across the South Platte River, Interstate 25 and BNSF Railroad tracks to the Auraria neighborhood west of the Denver Central Business District.
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Republic Plaza tops out the Denver skyline at 714 feet. 1801 California Street (CenturyLink Tower) comes in second at 709 feet.
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Colfax Avenue lowers back into the Denver street grid at 7th and Osage Streets by Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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Lipan Street stems south from Colfax Avenue into the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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Santa Fe Drive north and Kalamath Street south come together at Colfax Avenue southwest of the Colorado Convention Center. Beyond I-25, Santa Fe Drive is a controlled access arterial taking U.S. 85 south to Englewood and Littleton.
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Speer Boulevard, a major route through metropolitan Denver, follows Cherry Creek southeast toward the Golden Triangle and Cherry Creek shopping mall.
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Cherry Creek separates the four lane roadways along Speer Boulevard south and north.
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Street light replacements made by 2012 along Colfax Avenue through Downtown Denver removed this shield assembly for Business Loop I-70 and U.S. 40-287 at Welton Street.
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The Colorado State Capitol on the south side of Colfax Avenue. The building features a golden dome, and the mile high elevation of 5,280 feet is marked on one of the steps leading to the building.
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Heading east from the Colorado State Capitol, Colfax Avenue passes between the Capitol Hill and North Capitol Hill neighborhoods.
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Colfax Avenue intersects Ironton Street at the southwest corner of Colfax Square shopping center in northwest Aurora.
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Reassurance shields for Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 at Macon Street, one block ahead of the signal for Moline Street.
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Shields for Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 precede the traffic light with Peoria Street.
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Quentin Street north connects Colfax Avenue with University of Colorado Hospital (UCH).
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Ursula Street meets Colfax Avenue north from residential areas along E 13th Avenue. Aurora Court extends north to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Colfax Avenue advances east to Interstate 225 by the Forum Fitzsimons mixed-use development.
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Fitzsimons Parkway encircles the Fitzsimons medical district northwest to Peoria Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The arterial south paralleling I-225 is Potomac Street.
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RTD Light Rail at Colfax Station spans Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 ahead of Toll Gate Creek and the diamond interchange (Exit 10/10A) with Interstate 225.
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Interstate 225 constitutes a suburban freeway south from I-70 through Aurora to I-25 at Stapelton in northeast Denver to Hampden South in southeast Denver.
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Confirming markers posted east of Interstate 225 and beside the RTD East Metro Bus Facility.
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Airport Boulevard heads north past the Friendly Village of Aurora manufactured home community to meet Interstate 70 at Exit 285.
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Airport Boulevard continues north from Interstate 70 to E 40th Avenue at Peña Boulevard.
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Tower Road provides the last opportunity to join Interstate 70 west from Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 (Colfax Avenue) in east Aurora.
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Business Loop I-70 converges with Interstate 70, 2.2 miles east of Tower Road. Byers represents where U.S. 36 parts ways with the freeway.
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This trailblazer preceding the I-70 Frontage Road was removed by 2018.
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Business Loop I-70 ends at a wye interchange taking U.S. 40/287 east onto Interstate 70.
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Photo Credits:
08/29/04, 07/04/12, 08/10/14, 08/11/16, 04/22/17, 04/23/17, 04/28/17 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 25
Interstate 70
Interstate 225
U.S. 6
State Highway 2
State Highway 121 - Wadsworth Boulevard
Page Updated 01-27-2022.