Interstate 76 West - Brush to Fort Morgan

Exit 95 joins Interstate 76 with CR 33 north to Business Loop I-76/U.S. 6 at Hillrose. The freeway and business route converge three miles southwest from there at a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 92) with U.S. 34 Spur.

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U.S. 34 Spur overlays Business Loop I-76 south from Exit 92 to U.S. 34 outside Brush, as U.S. 6 joins I-76 west in an implied overlap. The business route overlaps with U.S. 34 west from there to SH 71, which travels 73 miles north from Limon.

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Business Loop I-76 angles 2.5 miles west from Exit 92 to Downtown Brush. U.S. 34 ties into the route from Wray, Yuma and Akron.

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SH 71 (Colorado Avenue) branches north from Business Loop I-76/U.S. 34 (Edison Street) to I-76 at Exit 90. SH 71 continues 5.5 miles north to 1st Street at the community of Snyder.
Construction from March 15, 2013 to late 2014 rebuilt the concrete roadway of I-76 west from mile marker 91.1 to 84.9. The project included work on 13 bridges, a culvert, and changing Exit 90 from a cloverleaf into a diamond interchange.¹

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The $37.6 million improvement project¹ along I-76 in Logan County included the addition of auxiliary lanes from SH 71 (Exit 90) to the diamond interchange (Exit 89) with Hospital Road.

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Hospital Road connects I-76 with the west side of the Brush street grid near East Morgan County Hospital.

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Wiggins lies toward the western border of Morgan County, 22 miles along Interstate 76 west from Brush.

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Dodd Bridge Road links Interstate 76 with Business Loop I-76/U.S. 34, one mile south near the BNSF Railroad siding of Lodi.

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2013-14 work at Exit 86 reconfigured a tight parclo A2 interchange with Dodd Bridge Road into a standard diamond.¹

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I-76/U.S. 6 enters the Fort Morgan city limits at the diamond interchange (Exit 82) with Barlow Road. Barlow Road serves Morgan Community College, retail and industrial areas on the east side of the city.

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SH 52 travels 25 miles south from SH 14 near Raymer to meet Interstate 76 by Riverside Park. SH 25 (Main Street) constitutes a four lane boulevard south from the diamond interchange at Exit 80 to Downtown Fort Morgan.

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SH 144 stems west from SH (Main Street) along Riverview Avenue in Fort Morgan to cross under Interstate 76 alongside Fort Morgan Canal. SH 144 loops 18 miles northwest through Log Lane Village and Weldona to Goodrich.

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Business Loop I-76/U.S. 34 emerge from Platte Avenue through Fort Morgan to reconvene with Interstate 76 at Exit 75.

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U.S. 34 combines with Interstate 76 as an unsigned counterpart west from Exit 75 to Exit 66B. The ensuing north side frontage road represents the old alignment of U.S. 6/34 to Wiggins.

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Exit 75 loops away from I-76/U.S. 6 west for Business Loop I-76/U.S. 34 back into Brush. The 48.6 mile route of Business Loop I-76 is the longest within the Interstate system.

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Interstate 76 leads away from the South Platte River and arcs south around Bijou Flats.

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Weigh stations operate in both directions of I-76 by mile marker 75.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 73) follows with Long Bridge Road (County Road 12).

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County Road 12 serves agricultural areas north across Bijou Flats to SH 144 and south from Exit 73 toward Sand Arroyo Creek.

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Reassurance shield for Interstate 76 west posted after Exit 73 and near the BNSF Railroad siding of Griffin.

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Advancing toward the town of Wiggins and the off freeway rest area along Central Avenue (old U.S. 6) on I-76 west.

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U.S. 34 partitions with I-76/U.S. 6 west at a wye interchange (Exit 66B) in one mile.

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SH 39 south and SH 52 north converge with I-76/U.S. 6 just west of the split with U.S. 34 at Exit 66A. SH 39 constitutes a 7.57 mile long route north from Wiggins to SH 144 at Goodrich.

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Exit 66B leaves I-76/U.S. 6 west for U.S. 34 west to Greeley and Estes Park. U.S. 34 provides one of two routes into Rocky Mountain National Park, following Trail Ridge Road west and south to end at U.S. 40 in 149.6 miles.

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Central Avenue (old U.S. 6) east from SH 52 to the CDOT rest area and west to the Wiggins business district is state maintained. Inventoried as Route 006I, Central Avenue is not signed as U.S. 6.

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SH 52 resumes south from Exit 66A, having previously ended at Downtown Fort Morgan. The western branch of SH 52 (Route 052A) forms an L-shaped route south from Wiggins and west to Prospect Valley and Hudson.

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Although not acknowledged, U.S. 6 remains paired with west I-76 to Exit 9 at Commerce City.

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Interstate 76 traverses agricultural and undeveloped areas for the succeeding 12 mile stretch to Roggen. Denver is an hour away.

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Route 006I (Central Avenue) heads west the Wiggins city center to end at a half diamond interchange (Exit 64 on I-76 east). A confirming marker stands west of the on-ramp from CR 3.

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SH 52 west and Interstate 76 meet for a third time at Hudson in 32 miles. Denver is 63 miles to the southwest.

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Crossing the Weld County line along I-76/U.S. 6 west. Weld County stretches north to the Wyoming state line and west toward the I-25 corridor.

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