| Interstate 225 commences with three lanes from northbound I-25/U.S. 87. 07/04/12 |
| Succeeding diamond interchanges join the initial two miles of Interstate 225 with DTC Boulevard south, Tamarac Street Parkway north and Yosemite Street. 07/04/12 |
| Exit 2 connects I-225 north with DTC Boulevard and Tamarac Parkway directly while a service road runs along the south side of the freeway east to Yosemite Street. 07/04/12 |
| A two lane flyover joins southbound I-25 with Interstate 225 north. 04/23/17 |
| Exit 2 separates from the I-25 southbound flyover for the service road east to Yosemite Street. 04/23/17 |
| Exit 2 departs from I-225 northbound above the Quebec Street under crossing. 04/23/17 |
| The northbound entrance ramp to Interstate 225 from DTC Boulevard and Tamarac Parkway. 04/23/17 |
| RTD light rail Dayton Station occupies the median of Interstate 225 by Village Greens North Park. 04/23/17 |
| Interstate 225 straddles the Denver and Arapahoe County line northeast along Cherry Creek Dam and Reservoir. 04/23/17 |
| Continuing north alongside the earthen dam holding back Cherry Creek Reservoir, Interstate 225 proceeds to the Aurora city line and a directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 4) with SH 83 (Parker Road). 04/23/17 |
| Construction through Spring 2002 added a flyover ramp from SH 83 (Parker Road) north to I-225 south at Exit 4. The freeway was expanded to six lanes from I-25 north to Parker Road as part of the TREX project through 2005. 04/23/17 |
| Exit 4 departs with two lanes from Interstate 225 north for SH 83 (Parker Road) and Cherry Creek State Park. 04/23/17 |
| A 56.90 mile long route, SH 83 leads northwest to Denver and Glendale and south to Parker and Colorado Springs. 04/23/17 |
| Curving northeast, Interstate 225 runs between a number of apartment complexes to Iliff Avenue at Exit 5. 04/23/17 |
| Interstate 225 remained with just four lanes between Exit 4 / Parker Road and Exit 7 / Mississippi Avenue until Fall 2014. 04/23/17 |
| The RTD light rail line shifts from the median to the east side of Interstate 225 north through the city of Aurora. 04/23/17 |
| With auxiliary lanes, the stretch of I-225 north to Exit 5 / Iliff Avenue is eight lanes wide. 04/23/17 |
| A six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 5) joins Interstate 225 with Iliff Avenue east of the Heather Ridge golf course community. 04/23/17 |
| A diamond interchange (Exit 7) follows with Mississippi Avenue by the Aurora City Center. 04/23/17 |
| Confirming marker posted north of Iliff Avenue. 04/23/17 |
| Abilene Street accompanies I-225 east along a commercial strip extending north to Mississippi Avenue and SH 30 (E 6th Avenue). 04/23/17 |
| Mississippi Avenue intersects Abilene Street amid several big box stores to the immediate east of Exit 7. 04/23/17 |
| A pedestrian bridge spans I-225 at RTD Florida Station. 04/23/17 |
| Mississippi Avenue constitutes an arterial from SH 83 (Parker Road) in the Windsor community of Denver east to the Tollgate Village development and Alameda Parkway. 04/23/17 |
| The succeeding exit from Interstate 225 northbound is for Alameda Avenue by the Town Center at Aurora and Aurora City Place retail complexes. 04/23/17 |
| Alameda Avenue constitutes a six lane boulevard west from Exit 8 to SH 30 (Havana Street) along the Aurora city line at Windsor in Denver and east as Alameda Parkway to Tower Road at Mississippi Avenue. 04/23/17 |
| Alameda Avenue runs west to Aurora Hills Golf Course and east to the Aurora Municipal Center. 04/23/17 |
| Alameda Avenue and Interstate 225 converge at a hybrid single point urban interchange (SPUI). 04/23/17 |
| The exchange with Alameda Avenue is unique in that flyovers tie in the southbound ramps with I-225 to the arterial adjacent to the northbound ramps. 04/23/17 |
| Accessible from Exit 9, Buckley Space Force Base lies east of Toll Gate Creek and south of SH 30 (E 6th Avenue). 04/23/17 |
| I-225 continues by commercialized frontage, passing by the Aurora City Place retail center one half mile from Exit 9 to SH 30 (E 6th Avenue). 04/23/17 |
| The parclo interchange (Exit 9) with SH 30 was reconfigured to eliminate the loop ramp from 6th Avenue west to I-225 south. Opened in 2017, the R-Line runs along the east side of the exchange. 04/23/17 |
| SH 30 follows 6th Avenue east 8.8 miles from Havana Street to Gun Club Road through Aurora. This section of 6th Avenue is discontinuous with the section of 6th Avenue along U.S. 6 west of Downtown Denver. 04/23/17 |
| Straddling the Arapahoe and Adams County line, the succeeding exit from I-225 north is U.S. 40-287 along Colfax Avenue. Signs for Colfax Avenue omit Business Loop I-70 in both directions of I-225. Exit 10 was renumbered as Exit 10A in 2012, reflecting the addition of Exit 10B for 17th Place. 04/23/17 |
| Business Loop I-70 overlaps with U.S. 40 along Colfax Avenue west to Golden and to I-70 near the E-470 toll road in east Aurora. U.S. 287 runs along Colfax Avenue west to Federal Boulevard at Sun Valley in Denver. 04/23/17 |
| Interstate 225 crosses Toll Gate Creek one half mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 10A) with Colfax Avenue (U.S. 40-287). 04/23/17 |
| Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40-287 line Colfax Avenue east five miles from Exit 10A to Interstate 70. 04/23/17 |
| West from I-225, the commercial boulevard along Colfax Avenue (Business Loop I-70) enters Denver at the East Colfax community. 04/23/17 |
| U.S. 287 parts ways with Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 (Colfax Avenue) at SH 88 and Federal Boulevard in 10.7 miles. 04/23/17 |
| Exit 10B combines with the entrance ramp from Colfax Avenue ahead of a signalized intersection with 17th Place west. Linking Interstate 225 with Fitzsimons Parkway, 17th Place spans Potomac Street and Toll Gate Creek. 04/23/17 |
| The last confirming marker for Interstate 225 appears where the freeway shifts westward by the Sable Village and Morris Heights subdivisions. 04/23/17 |
| Three lanes advance north to the separation (Exits 12A/B) for Interstate 70 west to Commerce City and Denver and east to Bennett and Limon. 04/23/17 |
| Peña Boulevard, a limited access connector to Denver International Airport (DEN), branches north from Interstate 70 just east of Exit 12B. 04/23/17 |
| 0.75 miles south of the semi-directional T interchange with Interstate 70. There are no further exits on I-225 north. 04/23/17 |
| I-225 northbound ascends over Smith Road and Union Pacific Railroad tracks as its expands to four lanes. I-70 runs across the north side of Denver west to Wheat Ridge and Golden. I-270 west connects I-70 with Commerce City and I-25 north to Thornton and Fort Collins. 04/23/17 |
| A series of projects to 1998 upgraded the exchange joining I-225/70. Three lanes serve commuters heading west into Denver via I-70 while two lanes turn east toward Denver International Airport (DEN) and the rural drive to Limon and Topeka, Kansas. 04/23/17 |
| Exit 12B merges onto Interstate 70 east ahead of back to back ramps for Chambers Road (Exit 283) and Peña Boulevard (Exit 284). 04/23/17 |
Page Updated 01-17-2022.