Interstate 225 North

Interstate 225 commences with three lanes from northbound I-25/U.S. 87.

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Succeeding diamond interchanges join the initial two miles of Interstate 225 with DTC Boulevard south, Tamarac Street Parkway north and Yosemite Street.

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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.

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A two lane flyover joins southbound I-25 with Interstate 225 north.

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Exit 2 separates from the I-25 southbound flyover for the service road east to Yosemite Street.

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Exit 2 departs from I-225 northbound above the Quebec Street under crossing.

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The northbound entrance ramp to Interstate 225 from DTC Boulevard and Tamarac Parkway.

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RTD light rail Dayton Station occupies the median of Interstate 225 by Village Greens North Park.

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Interstate 225 straddles the Denver and Arapahoe County line northeast along Cherry Creek Dam and Reservoir.

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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).

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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.

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Exit 4 departs with two lanes from Interstate 225 north for SH 83 (Parker Road) and Cherry Creek State Park.

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A 56.90 mile long route, SH 83 leads northwest to Denver and Glendale and south to Parker and Colorado Springs.

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Curving northeast, Interstate 225 runs between a number of apartment complexes to Iliff Avenue at Exit 5.

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Interstate 225 remained with just four lanes between Exit 4 / Parker Road and Exit 7 / Mississippi Avenue until Fall 2014.

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The RTD light rail line shifts from the median to the east side of Interstate 225 north through the city of Aurora.

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With auxiliary lanes, the stretch of I-225 north to Exit 5 / Iliff Avenue is eight lanes wide.

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A six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 5) joins Interstate 225 with Iliff Avenue east of the Heather Ridge golf course community.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 7) follows with Mississippi Avenue by the Aurora City Center.

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Confirming marker posted north of Iliff Avenue.

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Abilene Street accompanies I-225 east along a commercial strip extending north to Mississippi Avenue and SH 30 (E 6th Avenue).

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Mississippi Avenue intersects Abilene Street amid several big box stores to the immediate east of Exit 7.

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A pedestrian bridge spans I-225 at RTD Florida Station.

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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.

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The succeeding exit from Interstate 225 northbound is for Alameda Avenue by the Town Center at Aurora and Aurora City Place retail complexes.

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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.

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Alameda Avenue runs west to Aurora Hills Golf Course and east to the Aurora Municipal Center.

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Alameda Avenue and Interstate 225 converge at a hybrid single point urban interchange (SPUI).

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Accessible from Exit 9, Buckley Space Force Base lies east of Toll Gate Creek and south of SH 30 (E 6th Avenue).

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Interstate 225 crosses Toll Gate Creek one half mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 10A) with Colfax Avenue (U.S. 40-287).

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West from I-225, the commercial boulevard along Colfax Avenue (Business Loop I-70) enters Denver at the East Colfax community.

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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.

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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.

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The last confirming marker for Interstate 225 appears where the freeway shifts westward by the Sable Village and Morris Heights subdivisions.

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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.

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Peña Boulevard, a limited access connector to Denver International Airport (DEN), branches north from Interstate 70 just east of Exit 12B.

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0.75 miles south of the semi-directional T interchange with Interstate 70. There are no further exits on I-225 north.

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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.

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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.

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Exit 12B merges onto Interstate 70 east ahead of back to back ramps for Chambers Road (Exit 283) and Peña Boulevard (Exit 284).

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