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The southernmost five miles were the first built along the E-470 Beltway.
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The diamond interchange at Exit 2 connects E-470 with Peoria Street south to Meridian and north to Centennial Airport (APA).
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The first of five main line toll plazas were located along E-470 northbound between Exit 2 and 3.
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The E-470 Beltway switched to all electronic tolling (AET) in 2009. The cash lanes at the toll plazas permanently closed at that time.
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E-470 crosses Happy Canyon Creek ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 3) with Chambers Road.
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Chambers Road comprises a four lane arterial north to Dove Valley and south to Grand View Estates and Stonegate.
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E-470 enters the town of Parker at the forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 4) with Jordan Road.
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Jordan Road parallels SH 83 (Parker Road) to the west from Hess Road north to SH 88 (Arapahoe Road) in the city of Centennial.
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E-470 begins turning north ahead of Cherry Creek and the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 5) with SH 83 in Parker.
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SH 83 (Parker Road) leads south from Parker to Castle Rock and Colorado Springs. Paralleling Cherry Creek, SH 83 north heads to Centennial, Aurora, Glendale and Denver.
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Advancing to Exit 9 with Gartrell Road, E-470 navigates through a series of S-curves northeast into the city of Aurora.
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Gartrell Road is a suburban boulevard serving an array of subdivisions in both directions from the diamond interchange at Exit 9.
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Smoky Hill Road meets E-470 at the succeeding exit northbound by the Southlands retail complex.
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Part of the eight mile long, $99 million E-470 Road Widening Project underway from June 2019 to the end of 2020, construction at Exit 13 relocated the northbound ramps with Quincy Avenue onto adjacent Gun Club Road.1
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Quincy Avenue runs west to SH 83 (Parker Road) near Cherry Creek Reservoir in Aurora and east to ranch land in eastern Arapahoe County. Gun Club Road extends north as SH 30 from Quincy Avenue to Buckley AFB.
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E-470 continues north between the Plains Conservation Center and Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site.
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The second toll collection point along E-470 northbound precedes Exit 16 by 0.75 miles.
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Jewell Avenue passes south of Buckley AFB east to Exit 16 and the Murphy Creek golf course development.
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Entering the diamond interchange with Jewell Avenue at Exit 16.
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SH 30 (Gun Club Road) shifts northwest across E-470 toward E 6th Avenue.
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E-470 originally met Interstate 70 at a diamond interchange (Exit 20). The toll road was realigned in 2006 to bypass that exchange.
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A guide sign for Interstate 70 stands along the northbound entrance ramp from 6th Parkway.
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The old roadway for E-470 provides a Breezewood connection to Colfax Avenue, Interstate 70 east and E 19th Avenue via wye interchanges at Exit 20A.
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The ramp from Exit 20A ties into Gun Club Road just ahead of a signalized intersection with Colfax Avenue. The mainline of E-470 runs just west of here along a limited access alignment.
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Colfax Avenue links Exit 20A with Gun Club Road south and the I-70 Frontage Road.
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A two lane flyover (Exit 20B) directly connects E-470 north with Interstate 70 west to Denver.
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Gun Club Road continues north from Exit 20A into the diamond interchange with Interstate 70.
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E 19th Avenue intersects Gun Club Road prior to the wye interchange with E-470 northbound.
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E-470 advances north from I-70 by the Aurora Highlands development in eastern Aurora.
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The third all electronic toll (AET) collection is located at Exit 22 for The Aurora Highlands Parkway.
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56th Avenue leads west to the southern border of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge then onward to Havana Street and I-70/U.S. 36.
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Sources:
- E-470 Road Widening Project - FAQs. E-470 Public Highway Authority.
Photo Credits:
02/03/02, 11/10/03, 07/04/12, 04/28/17 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 70
State Highway 30
State Highway 83
Page Updated 01-28-2022.