Berthoud Pass
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Berthoud Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.
View from the summit of Berthoud Pass
Harry Yount at Berthoud Pass in 1874
The pass in 1941
Berthoud Pass sign and lodge, circa 1962
U.S. Route 40 in Colorado
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U.S. Route 40 is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Silver Summit, Utah, to Byers, Colorado. In the U.S. state of Colorado, US 40 is a major east–west route. It crosses the Rocky Moun
Berthoud Pass
…railroad, and was then hired by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company to survey a route over the pass to Salt Lake. The route of U.S. Highway 40 currently traverses the pass north of its junction with Interstate 70 in Clear Creek Canyon. It provides primary road access to Winter Park and a…
US 40 in Byers Canyon between Parshall and Hot Sulphur Springs. The Union Pacific railroad line is visible on the left. The Colorado River is at the bottom of the canyon and is not visible.
View along US 40 in Mount Vernon Canyon, Colorado, 1942. Photo by Andreas Feininger.
US 40 westbound concurrent with I-70 BL and US 287 on Colfax Avenue in Denver