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U.S. Route 6
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U. S. Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U. S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts, the highways longest-lasting routing, from 1936 to 1964, had its western terminus at Long Beach, California. During this time, US6 was the longest highway in the country, in 1964, the state of California renumbered its highways, and most of the route within California was transferred to other highways. This dropped the highways length below that of US20, US6 is a diagonal route, whose number is out of sequence with the rest of the U. S. Highway grid in the western US. When it was designated in 1926, US6 only ran east of Erie, subsequent extensions, largely replacing the former U. S. Route 32 and U. S. US6 does not serve a major corridor, unlike other highways. George R. Stewart, author of U. S, the modern US6 in California is a short, two-lane, north–south surface highway from Bishop to the Nevada state line. Prior to a 1964 highway renumbering project, US6 extended to Long Beach along what is now US395, California 14, Interstate 5, Interstate 110/California 110, despite the renumbering having removed all freeway portions, it is still part of the California Freeway and Expressway System. US 6s former routing included a segment of the famous Arroyo Seco Parkway. Currently, US6 begins at US395 in Bishop and heads north between farms and ranches in the Chalfant Valley at the base of the 14, 000-foot western escarpment of the White Mountains, after about 30 miles Benton is reached, which has a cafe and gas station. California 120 begins here, heading west past Mono Lake through Lee Vining, over Tioga Pass, US6 continues north to the Nevada state line. From the California border, US6 heads northeast through semi-desert Queen Valley with Boundary Peak, Nevadas highest summit and these twin peaks are the northernmost high summits of the White Mountains, both over 13,000 ft. The highway then climbs into the Pinyon-Juniper zone and crosses Montgomery Pass 7,167 ft, from the pass, US6 descends into barren shadscale desert, passing Columbus Salt Marsh on the left, then merging with US95 from Coaldale Junction to Tonopah. Nevada Test and Training Range begins about 15 mi southeast of Tonopah, just east of Tonopah, US6 continues east across a series of desert mountain ranges and valleys, including the Monitor Range. Rainfall increases eastward, so become less barren and peaks over 11,500 ft add scenic interest. Ely is the largest town on Route 6 in Nevada, US50 joins Route 6 at Ely. East of Ely, Routes 6/50 cross the Schell Creek Range, known for verdant forests and meadows, and for a large deer and elk population. The highway descends to Spring Valley, then crosses the Snake Range at Sacramento Pass, north of Nevadas second-highest mountain, Wheeler Peak, beyond the pass, US6 passes just north of Baker, a Mormon farming community, and reaches the Utah state line
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Colorado Department of Transportation
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The Colorado Department of Transportation is the principal department of the Colorado state government that administers state government transportation responsibilities in the state. CDOT is responsible for maintaining 9,144 mile highway system, cDOTs Mission is To provide the best multi-modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively moves people, goods, and information. Source, CDOT1909 - The first highway bill was passed by forming a three-member Highway Commission to approve work,1917 - The State Highway Fund was created and the State Highway Department was formed. S
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Interstate 70 in Utah
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Interstate 70 is a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Utah and Maryland. The Utah section runs east–west for 232.15 miles across the part of the state. Richfield is the largest Utah city served by the freeway, which does not serve or connect any urban areas in the state, the freeway was built as part of a system of highways connecting Los Angeles and the northeastern United States. I-70 was the attempt to connect southern California to the east coast of the United States via central Utah. Parts of that effort were re-used in the out of the route of I-70. Unlike most Interstate Highways, much of I-70 in Utah was not constructed parallel to or on top of an existing U. S. Highway, portions of I-70 were constructed in areas where previously there were no paved roads. Because it was built over a new route, I-70 has many features that are unique in the Interstate Highway System. For example, the 110 miles between Green River and Salina makes up the longest distance anywhere in the Interstate Highway System with no motorist services. This same piece is noted as the longest highway in the United States built over a new route since the Alaska Highway. The construction of the Utah portion of I-70 is listed as one of the marvels of the Interstate Highway System. The choice of the route had a significant impact on the character and it has also been a motivating factor for environmentalists to create a new National Park along the path of the highway to protect scenic areas around the route. I-70 from Green River to Grand Junction, Colorado is part of the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway, the designation lists several side roads branching from I-70 that lead to dinosaur bones or footprints. I-70 begins at an interchange with Interstate 15, near Cove Fort. It then proceeds east over the Pavant Range, cresting at a summit with an elevation of 7,076 feet. The eastern descent from the Pavant range features bridges high above Clear Creek, the longest of these bridges is the Fish Creek bridge at 1,180 feet long. The descent into Clear Creek features a brake check area and runaway truck ramp to aid truckers down the steep slope, the freeway then skirts the edge of Fremont Indian State Park before entering Sevier Valley. I-70 serves as the thoroughfare of the valley, the only area traversed by the freeway in the state with more than a few hundred residents. Richfield is the largest city along I-70 in the state, the highway enters the valley just north of Big Rock Candy Mountain, a mountain named for a song attributed to Harry McClintock
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U.S. Route 6 in Utah
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U. S. Route 6 is a major east–west state highway through the central part of the U. S. state of Utah. Although it is about 40 miles longer than US-50, it serves more populated areas, US-6 enters Utah overlapped with US-50 in the Great Basin, a large desert that includes much of western Utah. As part of the Basin and Range Province, the terrain alternates between north–south oriented flat valleys and mountain ranges. US-6 and US-50 cross the Snake Valley, Confusion Range, Tule Valley, House Range, at Tintic Junction, the intersection with SR-36 in the Tintic Valley, US-6 turns east and ascends the East Tintic Mountains. It passes through the city of Eureka as it climbs to The Summit. Although it left behind the UP rail line at Tintic Junction, this part of US-6 parallels the former Tintic Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, which has been partially abandoned. After passing through Goshen, the highway curves around the side of Warm Springs Mountain and into the Utah Valley. On the east side of city, US-6 begins an overlap with I-15, while the old alignment—SR-198—continues straight through Payson. After about 13 miles together in the Utah Valley, US-6 and I-15 separate in Spanish Fork, sR-198 rejoins US-6 on the eastern outskirts of Spanish Fork, and soon thereafter US-89 joins at Moark Junction. The two routes—US-6 and US-89—begin an overlap here that extends through the Spanish Fork Canyon, alongside the UP Provo Subdivision, the remainder of US-6 to the Colorado state line parallels this rail line. It begins to descend by following the White River, which empties into the Price River near Colton, the Price River takes US-6 down through the Price Canyon, the west edge of the Book Cliffs, joining US-191 at Castle Gate. Relatively flat land continues as US-6 parallels the Book Cliffs to the southwest and west, West of Green River, US-6 joins I-70/US-50, which it overlaps for the remainder of its stay in Utah. Now south of the Book Cliffs, the four routes head east to Crescent Junction, as it begins to approach the Colorado River, the highway curves northeasterly through the Grand Valley and into Colorado. S. US-6 forms a route with Spanish Fork at the apex. The western half of the arch is the less traveled, passing through the Great Basin desert, Sevier Lake, Delta, Eureka. The eastern half is a transportation corridor, paralleling the Denver. This half passes over Soldier Summit and the railroad hub of Helper. Starting in the spring of 1983, US-6 was a route for almost one year
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U.S. Route 50 in Utah
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U. S. Route 50 in Utah crosses the center of the state. The highway serves no major population centers in Utah, with the largest city along its path being Delta, most of the route passes through desolate, remote areas. Through the eastern half of the state the route is concurrent with Interstate 70, US-50 both enters and exits Utah concurrent with US-6, however the two routes are separate through the center of the state. Three completely different routings of US-50 have existed between Green River and Ely, Nevada, the route between these cities has become progressively shorter as new roads have been paved through this largely uninhabited region of both states. The earlier routings were a result of a dispute between Utah and Nevada over which auto trails would be paved and converted to U. S. Highways, the highway enters Utah from Nevada in a desolate portion of the Great Basin desert. Similar to many portions of the route in Nevada, there are no services from this point to Delta, a span of roadway that is about 100 miles. While passing through the Great Basin the highway crosses two mountain ranges, the Confusion Range via kings canyon and House Range via Skull Rock Pass, Sevier Lake is an intermittent lake which is fed by snow melt from many mountain ranges in the eastern half of the Great Basin. From US-50, water is usually visible in the spring months. The highway follows Sevier Lake to Delta, the scenery dramatically changes as US-50 approaches Delta, where U. S. Route 6 and 50 separate. As the road approaches Delta, a passage across desert changes to zigzags through farming areas. The highway continues to zigzag through farms until arriving at more mountainous terrain at Holden, at Holden, the highway merges with Interstate 15 to cross the Pavant Range at Scipio Summit. US-50 then separates from this freeway to meet Interstate 70 in Salina, the two highways run concurrent from this point east to Colorado. Yet again, there is a stretch of highway 110 miles long without services from Salina to Green River, while co-routed with I-70, US-50 crosses the Wasatch Plateau and passes through the San Rafael Swell. The construction of I-70 through the swell is noted as one of the marvels of the Interstate Highway System. One specific feat, the excavation through a portion called Spotted Wolf Canyon, construction workers noted that prior to the construction of the freeway a man could stand in this canyon and touch both sides of the canyon wall. US-6 rejoins US-50 near Green River, the three routes run concurrent and follow the southern edge of the Book Cliffs to Grand Junction, Colorado. Once again, services are not present from Thompson Springs to Fruita, Colorado and this portion of US-50 is part of the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway, a National Scenic Byway. The name of the byway comes from the number of areas along the route with visible dinosaur remains
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Utah
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Utah is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U. S. on January 4,1896, Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 31st-most-populous, and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million, approximately 80% of whom live along the Wasatch Front, Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast, approximately 62% of Utahns are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS, which greatly influences Utahn culture and daily life. The LDS Churchs world headquarters is located in Salt Lake City, Utah is the only state with a majority population belonging to a single church. The state is a center of transportation, education, information technology and research, government services, mining, in 2013, the U. S. Census Bureau estimated that Utah had the second fastest-growing population of any state. St. George was the metropolitan area in the United States from 2000 to 2005. Utah also has the 14th highest median income and the least income inequality of any U. S. state. A2012 Gallup national survey found Utah overall to be the best state to live in based on 13 forward-looking measurements including various economic, lifestyle, the name Utah is derived from the name of the Ute tribe. It means people of the mountains in the Ute language, according to other sources Utah is derived from the Apache name Yudah which means Tall. These Native American tribes are subgroups of the Ute-Aztec Native American ethnicity and were sedentary, the Ancestral Pueblo people built their homes through excavations in mountains, and the Fremont people built houses of straw before disappearing from the region around the 15th century. Another group of Native Americans, the Navajo, settled in the region around the 18th century, in the mid-18th century, other Uto-Aztecan tribes, including the Goshute, the Paiute, the Shoshone, and the Ute people, also settled in the region. These five groups were present when the first European explorers arrived, the southern Utah region was explored by the Spanish in 1540, led by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, while looking for the legendary Cíbola. A group led by two Catholic priests—sometimes called the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition—left Santa Fe in 1776, hoping to find a route to the coast of California, the expedition traveled as far north as Utah Lake and encountered the native residents. The Spanish made further explorations in the region, but were not interested in colonizing the area because of its desert nature, in 1821, the year Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, the region became known as part of its territory of Alta California. European trappers and fur traders explored some areas of Utah in the early 19th century from Canada, the city of Provo, Utah was named for one, Étienne Provost, who visited the area in 1825. The city of Ogden, Utah was named after Peter Skene Ogden, in late 1824, Jim Bridger became the first known English-speaking person to sight the Great Salt Lake. Due to the salinity of its waters, Bridger thought he had found the Pacific Ocean
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U.S. Route 50 in Colorado
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In the U. S. state of Colorado, U. S. Route 50 is a major highway crossing through the lower midsection of the state. It connects the Western Slope with the lower Front Range and the Arkansas Valley, the highway serves the areas of Pueblo and Grand Junction as well as many other smaller areas along its corridor. The long term project to upgrade the highway two lanes to a four lane expressway between Grand Junction and Montrose was completed in January 2005. Only about 25% of the remainder of highway 50 in Colorado is four lane expressway, U. S. Highway 50 begins in Colorado at the Utah state line, concurrent with Interstate 70 as well as U. S. Highway 6. These communities were bypassed by Interstate 70, near mile marker 15 the Colorado River adjoins Interstate 70 and runs nearby for the next 16 miles. In Fruita routes 6 and 50 intersect State Highway 340, the gateway to the Colorado National Monument, the monuments sandstone canyons and rock spires are visible to the south from the highways. U. S. Highway 6 &50 meet again with Interstate 70 at exit 26 where they begin a concurrent segment with Interstate 70 Business, the three routes travel southeast towards downtown Grand Junction. Grand Junction is the home of Colorado Mesa University, U. S. Highway 6 ends it concurrency with U. S. Highway 50 and Interstate 70 Business with a free flowing, grade separated interchange at North Avenue. The two remaining routes continue south onto surface streets in downtown Grand Junction, at Grand Avenue, they once again intersect with Colorado 340, which forms a loop between Grand Junction and Fruita. There are several points of access to the Colorado National Monument from the highway 340 loop, leaving Grand Junction and the area known as Orchard Mesa, the highway descends into the community of Whitewater and the Gunnison River valley. It intersects with State Highway 141 and begins a concurrency with highway 141. Near this intersection Mount Sneffels and the Sneffels Range of the San Juan Mountains are clearly visible 80 miles miles to the south-southeast, U. S. Highway 50 travels through Delta as a typical surface street, having junctions with State Highway 92 and State Highway 348. Then highway 50 heads towards Montrose in the Uncompahgre River valley, Olathe is the home of a popular annual sweet corn festival. Agriculture in the area is enhanced by irrigation water supplied by reservoirs on the Gunnison River. U. S50 arrives in Montrose on Townsend Ave, the route then junctions with U. S. Highway 550 and turns east onto the San Juan Avenue bypass and then onto Main St. heading eastward out of Montrose. The highway is an expressway from the Utah border to the eastern boundary of Montrose except for surface streets in the towns of Grand Junction, Delta. From Montrose east to the Kansas border it is primarily a highway with only short stretches of four-lane highway. The upgrade of the last segment of highway between Utah and Montrose was completed in January 2005, the first 94 miles of route 50 is four-lane highway
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Grand Junction, Colorado
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The city of Grand Junction is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The city has a form of government, and is the most populous municipality in all of western Colorado. Grand Junction is situated 247 miles west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, as of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 58,566. Grand Junction is the 15th most populous city in the state of Colorado, Grand Junction serves as a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide. It is the city of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area which had a population of 146,723 in 2010 census. The city is located along the Colorado River, at its confluence with the Gunnison River which comes in from the south, the name Grand refers to the historical Grand River, it was renamed as the Upper Colorado River in 1921. The word Junction refers to the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers, Grand Junction has been nicknamed River City. The city is located near the midpoint of a 30-mile arcing valley, known as the Grand Valley, historically the valley was long occupied by the Ute people and by earlier indigenous cultures. It was not settled by white European-American farmers until the 1880s, since the late 20th century, several wineries have been established in the area. The Colorado National Monument, a series of canyons and mesas. Most of the area is surrounded by public lands managed by the US Bureau of Land Management. The Book Cliffs are a prominent series of cliffs that define the northern side of the Grand Valley. Interstate 70 connects the city eastward to Glenwood Springs and Denver and westward to Green River, Utah, Salt Lake City is reached to the west via Interstate 70 and U. S Route 6, and Las Vegas. The Country Jam Ranch is located near Grand Junction just north of I-70 at the Mack exit and this is a permanent festival site built for music festivals, including Country Jam. This event has been held annually since 1992, drawing thousands of music fans to the area. Two prominent trails are the Tabeguache and Kokopelli trails, the running from near Loma to Moab. Fruita, Colorado, with its 18-Road trail system, is within 10 miles of the city and has become a mountain biking destination. To the northeast, the weathered Little Bookcliffs cut across the skyline, to the southeast soars the Grand Mesa, one of the worlds largest flat-topped mountains
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U.S. Route 24 in Colorado
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U. S. Route 24 is a major east–west route in the U. S. state of Colorado. US24 traverses the Rocky Mountains, starting near Minturn and it then continues east for about 30 miles to Leadville, where it turns south and goes to Buena Vista where it becomes concurrent with US285. It continues with Highway 285 to the community of Antero Junction. After that, it spends its time as a mountainous two-lane highway until it gets to the town of Divide and these highways overlap to Woodland Park. From there it passes through Crystola, Green Mountain Falls, through Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, where the road is known as Midland Expressway. Just east of Interstate 25, it is known as the Martin Luther King Jr Bypass, from Colorado Springs it continues northeast through several towns such as Falcon, Peyton, the city of Calhan, Ramah, Simla, and Matheson. When US24 reaches Limon, it junctions with I-70/US 40/US 287/SH71 and it continues east to Burlington where it joins I-70 to the Kansas state line
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Minturn, Colorado
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Minturn is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,027 at the 2010 United States Census, Minturn is located in southeastern Eagle County on the Eagle River between the resort communities of Vail and Beaver Creek. The town limits extend 2 miles northwest along U. S. Route 24 to Interstate 70 at Exit 171, Eagle, the county seat, is 25 miles to the west, and Denver is 101 miles to the east. US24 leads south 30 miles over the Continental Divide at Tennessee Pass to Leadville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 7.8 square miles, of which 7.6 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. Minturn is surrounded on three sides by White River National Forest, with the Holy Cross Wilderness bordering the southwest side of the town, the national forest offers hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, and other recreational opportunities. Five huts operated by the Tenth Mountain Hut Association along with their trail systems are found in the local Eagle-Holy Cross ranger district. Camp Hale, a World War II winter training site now on the National Register of Historic Places, is situated toward the end of the district. The Holy Cross District lies on the extent of the Sawatch Range. It includes the forest areas surrounding the towns of Vail, Minturn, Red Cliff, to the north, the district takes in much of the Piney River and Sheephorn Creek drainages. The upper Eagle River provides a variety of scenic, outdoor recreation opportunities along its 20+ mile stretch from Tennessee Pass to Dowd Junction, for river enthusiasts, fishing, rafting, kayaking and canoeing are plentiful. Floating season generally occurs from late May through July, access to the river is available from several public access points along Highway 24. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,068 people,399 households, the population density was 773.4 people per square mile. There were 448 housing units at a density of 324.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 83. 33% White,0. 28% African American,2. 81% Native American,0. 09% Asian,0. 47% Pacific Islander,11. 80% from other races, and 1. 22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 44. 48% of the population,20. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 1. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the family size was 3.14. In the town, the population was out with 20. 2% under the age of 18,12. 8% from 18 to 24,43. 2% from 25 to 44,18. 5% from 45 to 64
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U.S. Route 40 in Colorado
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In the U. S. state of Colorado, U. S. Route 40 is a major east–west route. It crosses the Rocky Mountains, passing over the Continental Divide at Berthoud Pass before descending to the front range and it then traverses through the Denver Metro Area, then exits by following I-70 and US287. It is concurrent with US287 for about 145 miles to Kit Carson, US40 exits into Kansas east of Arapahoe in Cheyenne. Entering Colorado to the south of Dinosaur National Monument, U. S.40 runs east through the town of Dinosaur along Brontosaurus Boulevard. The route continues a generally easterly course though Moffat and Routt counties and it generally follows the course of the Yampa River. U. S.40 becomes Lincoln Avenue as it runs through historic downtown Steamboat Springs, taking a circuitous route through Rabbit Ears Pass, Muddy Pass and Berthoud Pass it descends the escarpment along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. Just to the east of Empire, it merges with Interstate 70 for the first time, US40 and I-70 will frequently share pavement across the U. S. The route leaves I-70 at exit 244, to the west of Idaho Springs, along with US40, the entire route along Colfax Avenue is cosigned as Business Loop 70. The route travels northeast through Golden, then due east to travel through Lakewood, Denver. Among the sights to be seen along US40 is Lake Steam Bath, also along Colfax Avenue in Denver is the Denver branch of the United States Mint, which produces 50 million coins per day. US40 rejoins I-70 at exit 288, just to the east of Aurora, at exit 359 in Limon, US40 leaves I-70 along Main Street, which it shares with Business Loop 70, US24, US287, and SH71. US 40/US287 continues to the southeast to the town of Kit Carson, from there, it leaves US287 and continues east through the towns of Cheyenne Wells and Arapahoe before entering the state of Kansas
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Empire, Colorado
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The historic Town of Empire is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 282 at the 2010 census, the town is a former mining settlement that flourished during the Colorado Silver Boom in the late 19th century. It is located in the valley of Clear Creek west of Denver, the town consists of several commercial establishments and residents. U. S. Highway 40 passes through the town as its ascends towards Berthoud Pass, a post office called Empire City was established in 1861, and the name was changed to Empire in 1886. The town was named after New York, the Empire State, Empire is located in north-central Clear Creek County at 39°45′37″N 105°40′59″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 0.2 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 355 people,163 households, the population density was 1,406.0 people per square mile. There were 179 housing units at a density of 708.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 94. 37% White,3. 10% Native American,0. 28% Asian,0. 28% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 66% of the population. 39. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.99. In the town, the population was out with 27. 0% under the age of 18,4. 2% from 18 to 24,30. 7% from 25 to 44,32. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 112.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $32,159, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had an income of $40,313 versus $29,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,417, about 10. 5% of families and 11. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. 4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. The poet Vachel Lindsay visited his family often at their spot in Empire. He would sometimes walk there on foot, doing a tramp from Illinois to Colorado, chanting poems and doing farm work along the way. This climate type is dominated by the season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow
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Golden, Colorado
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Golden is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, founded during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was originally named Golden City in honor of Thomas L. Golden. Golden City served as the capital of the provisional Territory of Jefferson from 1860 to 1861, in 1867, the territorial capital was moved about 12 miles east to Denver City. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 18,867 in 2010, the Colorado School of Mines, offering programs in engineering and science, is located in Golden. It is the birthplace of the Jolly Rancher, a candy bought out by the Hershey Foods Corporation, Buffalo Bill Cody is buried nearby on Lookout Mountain. Golden City was established on 16 June 1859 along Clear Creek west of Denver, important businessmen and prospectors such as William A. H. Loveland and George West were among the first to settle in Golden. By the end of 1860, Golden City had been elected the seat of Jefferson County and was capital of the provisional Jefferson Territory. Golden City was temporarily removed from the status of capital as a result of an act passed on 5 November 1861 by the territorial government. Colorado City, a town to the south of Denver became the new temporary territorial capital. This status was revoked, however, as on 4 August 1862. It was the period between 1862 and the early 1870s that a fierce railroad competition developed between Denver, ten miles to the east, and Golden. By the mid-1860s, Golden held only a status as territorial capital rather than serve as the legitimate source of territorial power. Loveland founded the Colorado Central Railroad on 9 February 1865 to do just this, with Golden beginning talk of creating a railroad, prominent Denver residents raced to do the same. If we defeat those bonds, all hope of a railroad for the two years is gone… Gentlemen of Denver, what will you do. The fate of city is in your own hands. ”The residents of Denver voted for the bonds. By 1869, the race to Cheyenne was becoming less and less of a race. Golden, having then sidetracked into servicing various close-by mountain communities, continued to fall behind the set by the Denver railroad. However, The Colorado Central Railroad connected directly with Cheyenne seven years later, in 1877, but by that point, during the 1870s, it became home to three institutions of higher education, the Colorado University Schools, of which the Colorado School of Mines remains today
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Interstate 25 in Colorado
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In the U. S. state of Colorado, Interstate 25 follows the north–south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. The highway enters the state from the north near Carr and exits the state near Starkville, the highway also runs through the cities of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Pueblo. The route is concurrent with U. S. Highway 87 through the length of the state. I-25 replaced U. S. Highway 87 and most of U. S. Highway 85 for through traffic, historical nicknames for this route have included the Valley Highway, Monument Valley Highway, and the Pueblo Freeway. Within El Paso County, the route has been dedicated as the Ronald Reagan Highway, in Pueblo County, the route is called John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. Interstate 25 is also considered to be part of the unofficial Pan-American Highway, the route turns from north to west-northwest as I-25 serves Wootton. After leaving Wootton, I-25 turns back up north and bypasses near the east side of the Trinidad Lake State Park, Trinidad, a city near the Trinidad Lake, is the first major city that lies along I-25. For the next 30 miles, I-25 continues north through the areas of Colorado until it reaches the small city of Walsenburg. I-25 then continues in a north-northwest direction until it bypasses the Orlando Reservoir, in Colorado City, I-25 interchanges with the east end of the Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway at exit 74. The Arkansas River in Pueblo serves as a feeder to the Lake Pueblo State Park, home of the Pueblo Lake, which is located to the west of the western city limits of Pueblo. After leaving Pueblo, I-25 continues up north with the Union Pacific Railroad line paralleling closely to the route on the side after interchanging with Porter Draw at exit 106. By exit 119, the Fountain Creek joins along and travels parallel with I-25, I-25 gradually turns from a general north direction to the north-northwest and serves the census-designated place of Buttes at exit 122. As soon as US85 leaves I-25 at exit 128, I-25 enters the city limits of Fountain, basically, I-25 serves as the border between the western city limits of Fountain on the east side of I-25 and Fort Carson on the west side. Exit 132 serves the north side of the Fountain Creek Regional Park as well as the entrance to Fort Carson and connects to SH21, the eastern bypass for the Colorado Springs metro area. By the time I-25 reaches exit 138, the route crosses into the city limits of Colorado Springs, I-25 turns west at exit 140, along with the Fountain Creek, where it interchanges with US85, US87, and I-25 Bus. I-25 again turns north by exit 141. Swinging around the west side of downtown Colorado Springs at exit 142, and to the north of the city lies the Colorado College, continuing north and northeast, the highway intersects the north terminus of I-25 Bus. and US85. The interstate leaves Colorado Springs between exits 153 and 156, where I-25 enters the United States Air Force Academy, going through the east side of the institution
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U.S. Route 85 in Colorado
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U. S. Route 85 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 1,479 miles in the Mountain – Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the Mexico–US border in El Paso, Texas, the northern terminus is at the Canada–US border in Fortuna, North Dakota, where the route continues north as Saskatchewan Highway 35. In both the United States and Saskatchewan, Canada the route is known as the CanAm Highway, sections of US85 are considered part of the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway. The highway passes through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, from Anthony, Texas to Fountain, Colorado, US-85 shares its alignment with interstate routes and is not signed. The route is concurrent with I-10 for the remainder of its route within Texas and this route is marked as Texas State Highway 20 north of the intersection with Mesa Street/Country Club Drive. The unsigned route of US85 through New Mexico exists only on paper to maintain continuity with signed sections in Colorado, except for a 4-mile segment through Las Vegas, US85 in New Mexico is entirely concurrent with Interstate Routes. For the first 20 miles it shares its route with I-10, US-85 was de-signed in segments between 1970 and 1990 as I-25 was built through the state. I-25 between Bernalillo and a point just south of Santa Fe was built over the old US85 alignment, I-25 was also built directly over US85 from east of Santa Fe to Las Vegas and from US64 to the Colorado border at Raton Pass. At one point, the route went along the historic El Camino Real, the original route from Anthony to Las Cruces is now signed as New Mexico State Road 478. US85 enters Colorado from New Mexico concurrent with I-25 but is not signed, approaching the south side of Denver, US85 again leaves I-25 at Exit 184. From there it heads west and north as a two lane rural highway and it becomes an expressway near Chatfield Lake and the southern Denver suburbs of Littleton and Englewood, where its commonly known as Santa Fe Drive. It continues north through Denver for a few miles before again joining with I-25 at mile marker 207. There it becomes a concurrency with US87 as well as I-25, at exit 214, US85 turns east and becomes a concurrency with I-70 and US6 for about a mile where it exits with U. S.6 and heads northeast through Commerce City. In just a few miles the US 6/US85 concurrency merges with I-76 at mile marker 9 and they travel concurrently for 3 miles until exit 12 when US85 becomes an expressway and continues north out of the Denver area through Brighton. From there it parallels I-25 for about 75 miles passing through Fort Lupton, Platteville, Evans, Greeley, US85 enters Wyoming from Colorado 8 miles south of Cheyenne. In Cheyenne it joins with Business Route 87, and a mile later with I-180 until it meets with US30, the segment with I-180 is the only fully at-grade interstate route in the U. S. At exit 12, it joins with I-25 and US87 in a concurrency for 5 miles until US85 leaves at exit 17 and travels northeast towards Meriden. From there it heads north to Torrington, where it meets with US26 and concurrencies for 10 miles until Lingle and it shares the next 47 miles with US18 and 33 miles later meets US16 near Newcastle
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U.S. Route 287 in Colorado
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U. S. Route 287 is the portion of a north-south highway in Colorado that travels from the Oklahoma state line just south of Campo to the Wyoming state line north of Fort Collins. Heading from the Oklahoma border, US287 and US385, upon entering the state, pass through Campo, in Lamar and Carlton, the highways split at an interchange with US50, where US287 continues north, this time concurrent with US50. Just outside the town the highways make a turn toward the west. South of Wiley, US50 heads west, while US287 turns north toward Wiley, east of Eads, Colorado US287 turns toward the west again, briefly merging with SH96. In Eads SH96 continues west, while US287 moves north, just east of Kit Carson, US287 again turns toward the west and merges with US40. East of Limon, the two highways make two interchanges with I-70 before entering Limon, after a brief concurrency with US24, the two highways merge with I-70. Near the outskirts of Aurora US36 merges with the group of highways as well, just past E-470, I-70 and US36 split to follow a more northerly course, while US287 and US40 continue west into Downtown Denver on Colfax Avenue. The I-25, US6, US87, and US85 interchange marks US 287s second junction with its parent route, US87. Shortly thereafter, at an interchange with Federal Boulevard, SH88 runs south, US40 continues west. After crossing I-76 and then US36 for a second time, just before meeting US36 again in Broomfield, US287 bends back to the north, leaving CO128 to continues west. At Baseline Road in Lafayette, SH7 joins US287 for about a mile, US287 intersects SH119 as it enters Longmont on the very busy Main Street, then intersects SH66 at the north edge of town. The road bypasses Berthoud en route to Loveland, where US287 splits into the pair of one-way streets, US287 passes through Fort Collins on College Avenue, merging with SH14 at Jefferson Street. On the edge of the mountains, SH14 splits and heads west into Poudre Canyon, the section of US287 between Fort Collins, Colorado and Laramie, Wyoming carries very heavy truck traffic and was once considered dangerous. The original US287 only traveled from Denver past the Wyoming state line in 1935, in 1940, US287 was expanded past the Oklahoma state line, replacing US285. After the head-on crash in 2001, there were people lobbying for a widening of US287 at the Wyoming state line and their request was answered in April 2009. Throughout 2012, the highway was expanded to three lanes north of Fort Collins, was resurfaced, and contained shoulders to prevent such accidents
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Denver
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Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U. S. state of Colorado. Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the reference for the Mountain Time Zone. Denver is ranked as a Beta- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. With a 2015 estimated population of 682,545, Denver ranks as the 19th-most populous U. S. city, and with a 2. 8% increase in 2015, the city is also the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2,814,330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U. S. metropolitan statistical area. The 12-city Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3,418,876, which ranks as the 16th most populous U. S. metropolitan area. Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor, Denver is the most populous city within a 500-mile radius and the second-most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona. In 2016, Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U. S. News & World Report and this was the first historical settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and by the summer of 1859 it was abandoned in favor of Auraria, Larimer named the townsite Denver City to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. Larimer hoped the name would help make it the county seat of Arapaho County but, unbeknownst to him. The location was accessible to existing trails and was across the South Platte River from the site of seasonal encampments of the Cheyenne, the site of these first towns is now the site of Confluence Park near downtown Denver. Larimer, along with associates in the St. Charles City Land Company, sold parcels in the town to merchants and miners, Denver City was a frontier town, with an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Auraria, in May 1859, Denver City residents donated 53 lots to the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express in order to secure the regions first overland wagon route. Offering daily service for passengers, mail, freight, and gold, in 1863, Western Union furthered Denvers dominance of the region by choosing the city for its regional terminus. The Colorado Territory was created on February 28,1861, Arapahoe County was formed on November 1,1861, Denver City served as the Arapahoe County Seat from 1861 until consolidation in 1902. In 1867, Denver City became the territorial capital, with its newfound importance, Denver City shortened its name to Denver
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Interstate 270 (Colorado)
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Interstate 270 is a 7-mile-long highway in the northeastern part of the Denver–Aurora Metropolitan Area in the U. S. state of Colorado. It overlaps U. S. Highway 36 for its entire length, the western terminus of I-270 is at the interchange with I-25 and US36. It heads eastward to an interchange with I-76, where the mileposts reset because of a freeway extension. The freeway heads southeast and comes to meet Vasquez Boulevard, where it enters Commerce City, the road crosses Quebec Street before ending at I-70. Ground was broken on the first segment of I-270 in 1965, the road was then extended to I-76 two years later. The section between I-25 and I-76 was completed in 1999, since completion, this section has undergone much construction to renew bridges over Clear Creek and Washington Street. Because the western end of I-270 is close to the junction of I-25 and I-76, I-270 begins at an interchange with I-25 in Welby, and is concurrent with US36. The speed limit through the first section is 45 mph, the freeway heads southeastward for about one mile, crossing over Washington Street and State Highway 224, but access is not provided to either road. Mileposts along I-270 reset to zero at the I-76 interchange because it was the western end of the Interstate. Since the I-76 interchange is close to both I-270s western end and to the I-25 / I-76 interchanges, some movements in the interchange are missing, eastbound I-270 traffic cannot access westbound I-76, nor can eastbound I-76 traffic access westbound I-270. However, traffic on I-25 can access both westbound I-76 and eastbound I-270, thus completing the missing movements, the three interchanges work together by eliminating bottlenecks caused by redundant interchanges. Beyond the I-76 interchange, the speed increases to 55 mph. The freeway heads southeast and comes to an exit and eastbound entrance with York Street. I-270 enters the city of Commerce City, running parallel with the nearby Sand Creek. Continuing through the city, the comes to a cloverleaf interchange with Vasquez Boulevard, which carries US85, SH2. The freeway heads eastward into Denver, where it has an exit at SH35, Quebec Street provides access for traffic heading to westbound I-70. The route ends shortly thereafter when it merges into I-70, the freeway is maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation, who is responsible for maintaining and constructing transportation infrastructure in Colorado, including highways. As part of this role, CDOT periodically conducts surveys on their highways to measure traffic volume and this is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic, which is a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year
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Commerce City, Colorado
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The City of Commerce City is a Home Rule Municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Commerce City is a suburb of Denver and as of 2013 is the 18th most populous municipality in Colorado. The city population was 45,913 at the 2010 United States Census, Commerce City is a mixed residential and industrial community that is known for an oil refinery with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day, operated by Suncor. Dicks Sporting Goods Park, a stadium in Commerce City. Colonel Jack Henderson built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Henderson sold meat and provisions to gold seekers on their way up the South Platte River Trail to the gold fields during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Henderson Island was the first permanent settlement in the South Platte River Valley between Fort Saint Vrain in the Nebraska Territory and the Cherry Creek Diggings in the Kansas Territory, Henderson Island is today the site of the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds. Among the first establishments in the modern Commerce City were cemeteries, riverside Cemetery, founded in 1876, is located in the citys southwest corner at East 52nd Avenue and Brighton Boulevard. Rose Hill Cemetery, in the heart of historic Commerce City, was established in 1892 on what at the time was a plain by the United Hebrew Cemetery Association. The first school in the began in 1871 as a one-room schoolhouse, with other schools added in 1899. This latter school is now part of the North Building at the site of Adams City High School. Several towns were founded in part of Adams County in the 19th century. Derby, a Burlington Railroad station in 1887, was out as a town in 1889. Irondale was first settled in 1889, named after a foundry that was opened that year and it was incorporated as the town of Irondale in 1924, but unincorporated in the 1930s due to increasing vacancy. Meanwhile, Adams City was laid out in 1903, with developers hoping the county seat would be established there, however, Brighton was elected county seat in 1904 and Adams City was vacated in 1922. Until the late 1920s, the area was devoted to agriculture, including fields, dairies. Industry moved in, with an established in 1930 and grain elevators built in the late 1930s. Rocky Mountain Arsenal was founded in 1942 due east of the growing community, in 1946 and 1947, Adams County School District 14 was formed from surrounding schools, and Adams City was redeveloped about that time. In 1951, as Denver was considering annexing the area, a plan to all of southern Adams County was developed
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Fort Morgan, Colorado
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Fort Morgan is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the city population was 10,844 in 2005, camp Wardwell was established in 1865 along the Overland Trail to protect emigrants and supplies going to and from Denver and the mining districts. The fort was renamed in 1866 by General John Pope for one of his staff, Colonel Christopher A. Morgan, the fort closed in 1868 after being used by 19 different companies from 11 cavalry and infantry regiments. The town of Fort Morgan was platted just south of the old military fort’s ruins on May 1,1884 by Abner S. Baker, the town became the county seat of the newly formed Morgan County on February 19,1889. In World War II, a school at the Fort Morgan State Armory was part of the West Coast Air Corps Training Center. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,034 people,3,887 households, the population density was 2,472.1 people per square mile. There were 4,094 housing units at a density of 917.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 74. 43% White,0. 28% African American,1. 01% Native American,0. 18% Asian,0. 24% Pacific Islander,20. 62% from other races, and 3. 24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39. 04% of the population,25. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the family size was 3.32. In the city the population was out with 30. 2% under the age of 18,9. 6% from 18 to 24,29. 1% from 25 to 44,18. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 32 years, for every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males, the median income for a household in the city was $33,128, and the median income for a family was $36,134. Males had an income of $27,667 versus $22,346 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,024, about 8. 9% of families and 12. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16. 5% of those under age 18 and 8. 6% of those age 65 or over. Fort Morgan, for the most part, has an agricultural economy, as of 2016 many of the employees at the plant were Muslims, many from Somalia. Although the town is served by Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, there are no scheduled airlines operating from there, Denver International Airport is 76 miles southwest and is the closest airport to provide scheduled services. Interstate 76 connects Fort Morgan to Denver, located 82 mi southwest, to the northeast, Fort Morgan is linked with Interstate 80 in Big Springs, Nebraska, via Sterling, Colorado
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U.S. Route 34 in Colorado
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U. S. Route 34 in Colorado is a segment of U. S. Route 34. Its west end is at U. S. Highway 40 in Granby and its east end is at the Nebraska border east of Laird, the route begins in Granby at US40. It then follows the Colorado River Valley near Granby Lake and enters Arapaho National Recreational Area, after entering Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorados Front Range, US34 follows the North Fork Colorado River through Kawuneeche Valley. It passes over Milner Pass and reaches the Alpine Visitor Center, then it continues east, passing its highest point at 12,183 feet near the Gore Range. It exits the park at US36 at Deer Ridge Junction, US34 here is the highest continuous highway in the United States. This section of US34 requires a $30 national park entrance fee, from here, it passes by Estes Park as Eisenhower Boulevard, has a business route and enters Loveland, becoming a four-lane expressway. Here, it intersects I-25 and U. S. Highway 287, at Greeley, it passes by U. S. Highway 85 in a complex interchange and U. S.34 Business, and crosses the South Platte River. It also has an interchange with SH257, from here, it is no longer an expressway. It intersects SH144 and SH39, then joins I-76 at Wiggins. It leaves, and follows the North Fork Republican River east into Nebraska, where it intersects SH71, SH52, SH63, SH61, SH59, parts of the route were originally designated as US38. US34 was extended into Colorado in 1939, U. S. Highway 34 Business serves Estes Park, Colorado. Both of its termini are at US34, the business route splits from the main route east of the Rocky Mountain National Park Fall River Entrance Station, in the western city limits of Estes Park and enters town on West Elkhorn Avenue. The main route continues around the edge of Estes park on Wonderview Avenue. At Moraine Avenue, It joins US36 in downtown Estes Park and it returns to US34 after about 1.7 miles at an intersection with Wonderview Avenue, Big Thompson Avenue, and North St. Vrain Avenue. The business route was established in 1964, the entire route is in Estes Park, Larimer County
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U.S. Route 385 in Colorado
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U. S. Highway 385, also known as the High Plains Highway north of Cheyenne Wells, is the easternmost significant north–south state highway in the U. S. state of Colorado. It enters the state from Oklahoma while overlapped with US287, US385 is almost entirely a rural two-lane route. It begins at the Oklahoma state line on an overlap with US287 and follows US287 north through Campo, in that city it turns east with US50 through Carlton to Granada, where the route turns north and finally separates from others. Communities along the route include Bristol, Sheridan Lake, Cheyenne Wells, Burlington, Wray, Holyoke, US385 turns west with US138 in Julesburg, splitting west of the city and running northwest to the Nebraska state line. The corridor along the eastern tier of Colorado was defined as several highways in the 1910s. By 1914, the following were present, Secondary Road No, 2S from Oklahoma north to Holly, No. 9S from Cheyenne Wells north to Burlington, and No, 6S from Burlington north to Wray. 24S from Wray north to Julesburg and No, 25S south from Granada were added by 1916, and by 1919 the corridor had been completed with the extension of No. 9S south to near Granada and the connection of No, as part of a renumbering in 1923, State Highway 51 was assigned to the route, with one major difference, SH51 did not follow No. 2S, but instead went southeast from Two Buttes to Stonington, 30S to the Kansas state line in the direction of Guymon, Oklahoma. In 1932–1934 a short extension from Julesburg north to Nebraska was added to the route, at the same time, a new State Highway 166 was created, paralleling the Union Pacific Railroads Overland Route from US138 west of Julesburg northwesterly to the Nebraska line. SH51 spent its days as an unpaved road, except from Granada north to Road KK near Bristol. Otherwise, paving was begun in 1941–1942 between Holyoke and Julesburg, and was completed north of Cheyenne Wells in 1957–1958, several major realignments were made prior to paving. US385 was realigned north of Wray in 1937–1939, leaving two separate sections of County Road FF and Roads 43 and 10 returning to current US385 south of Holyoke. In 1953 the state got rid of a number of state highways, including the short extension of SH51 north of Julesburg, all of SH166. All of these roads remain unpaved with the exception of 6 miles of Road 44 south of Walsh, US385 was created nationally in 1958–1959. The remaining independent section of SH51 was paved over the few years and completed in 1963–1964. SH51 was dropped along with other redundant state highway designations in late 1968, in the Eastern Colorado Mobility Study the Colorado Department of Transportation identified US385 as a potential connection between the Ports-to-Plains Corridor and Heartland Expressway
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Holyoke, Colorado
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Holyoke is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Phillips County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 2,313 at the 2010 census, the city is named after Holyoke, Massachusetts. Holyoke is located at 40°34′55″N 102°18′4″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,261 people,896 households, the population density was 1,300.3 people per square mile. There were 980 housing units at a density of 563.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 89. 61% White,0. 04% African American,0. 31% Native American,0. 57% Asian,8. 09% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 20. 39% of the population. 30. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.11. In the city, the population was out with 28. 3% under the age of 18,6. 4% from 18 to 24,26. 6% from 25 to 44,20. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males, the median income for a household in the city was $30,984, and the median income for a family was $36,970. Males had an income of $30,500 versus $17,455 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,697, about 12. 0% of families and 14. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21. 1% of those under age 18 and 8. 4% of those age 65 or over. W. E. Heginbotham House Phillips County, Colorado Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Phillips County website Map of Holyoke, CDOT
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U.S. Route 6 in Nebraska
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In the U. S. State of Nebraska, U. S. Highway 6 is a highway which goes from the Colorado border west of Imperial in the west to the Iowa border in the east at Omaha. Significant portions of the highway are concurrent with other highways, most significantly, also, from Milford east to the Iowa border, the highway is closely paralleled by Interstate 80. U. S. Highway 6 enters Nebraska from Colorado west of Imperial on a short southeasterly segment and it turns east and stays due east until shortly before Imperial. It then goes into Imperial and meets Nebraska Highway 61, the two routes are paired together until they separate at the Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area. It goes in a southeasterly direction until it meets U. S. Highway 34 west of Culbertson. US6 and US34 continue east together through Culbertson and at McCook, is concurrent with U. S. Highway 83. US 6/34 continue together in a direction through Cambridge, then turns due east. Near Edison, it meets U. S. Highway 136, further east, the two highways meet Nebraska Highway 4 and turns northeast towards Holdrege, Nebraska. In Holdrege, US 6/34 meet U. S. Highway 183, the highways continue on a northeasterly trajectory through Minden until Heartwell. At Heartwell, US 6/34 turns due east until Hastings, in Hastings, US 6/34 meet U. S. Highway 281 and US34 separates to go with US281 while US6 continues eastward. US6 continues on a due east highway from Hastings, near Sutton, the highway turns northeast to go through Sutton. It continues east and at Fairmont, US6 encounters U. S. Highway 81, after passing through Friend, US6 meets Nebraska Highway 15 and the two highways overlap until shortly before Milford. US6 goes east, then out of Milford, then US6 turns east to go towards Lincoln. In Lincoln, US6 comes into the city on West O Street, at Sun Valley Boulevard, it turns to go northeasterly. At North 10th Street, US6 turns north-northwest and becomes North 11th Street, at Cornhusker Highway, US6 turns east with a short urban connection to Interstate 180 on the west along Cornhusker. US6 then follows Cornhusker Highway, which is a divided highway, at the east end of Cornhusker Highway, US6 meets Interstate 80. From Interstate 80, US6 goes northeast through Waverly, Greenwood, east of Ashland, US6 crosses the Platte River. After that, US6 meets Nebraska Highway 31 in Gretna, at this point, US6 goes onto the freeway, the West Dodge Expressway, and turns due east to go towards downtown Omaha
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Nebraska
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Nebraska /nᵻˈbræskə/ is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. Its area is just over 77,220 sq mi with almost 1.9 million people and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. The state is crossed by many trails and was explored by the Lewis. Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867 and it is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan. Nebraska is composed of two major regions, the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of rolling hills. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, characterized by treeless prairie, the state has a large agriculture sector and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn, and soybeans. Two major climatic zones are represented in Nebraska, the half of the state has a humid continental climate, and the western half. Indigenous peoples lived in the region of present-day Nebraska for thousands of years before European exploration. The historic tribes in the state included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, when European exploration, trade, and settlement began, both Spain and France sought to control the region. In the 1690s, Spain established trade connections with the Apaches, by 1703, France had developed a regular trade with the native peoples along the Missouri River in Nebraska, and by 1719 had signed treaties with several of these peoples. After war broke out between the two countries, Spain dispatched an expedition to Nebraska under Lieutenant General Pedro de Villasur in 1720. The party was attacked and destroyed near present-day Columbus by a force of Pawnees and Otoes. The massacre of the Villasur expedition effectively put an end to Spanish exploration of Nebraska for the remainder of the 18th century, in 1762, during the Seven Years War, France ceded the Louisiana territory to Spain. Frances withdrawal from the area left Britain and Spain competing for dominance along the Mississippi, by 1773, later that year, Mackays party built a trading post, dubbed Fort Carlos IV, near present-day Homer. In 1819, the United States established Fort Atkinson as the first U. S. Army post west of the Missouri River, the army abandoned the fort in 1827 as migration moved further west. European-American settlement did not begin in any numbers until after 1848, on May 30,1854, the US Congress created the Kansas and the Nebraska territories, divided by the Parallel 40° North, under the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The Nebraska Territory included parts of the current states of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, the territorial capital of Nebraska was Omaha
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United States Numbered Highway System
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The United States Numbered Highway System is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. The route numbers and locations are coordinated by the American Association of State Highway, the only federal involvement in AASHTO is a nonvoting seat for the United States Department of Transportation. Generally, north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with lowest numbers in the east, the area of the thirteen states of the United States. Similarly, east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the north, where roads were first improved most intensively, major north–south routes have numbers ending in 1 while major east–west routes have numbers ending in 0. Three-digit numbered highways are spur routes of parent highways but are not necessarily connected to their parents, some divided routes exist to provide two alignments for one route, even though many splits have been eliminated. Special routes, usually posted with a banner, can provide various routes, such as an alternate, bypass or business route, Routes were designated, auto trails designated by auto trail associations were the main means of marking roads through the United States. In 1925, the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, recommended by the American Association of State Highway Officials, after several meetings, a final report was approved by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in November 1925. They received complaints from across the country about the assignment of routes, so the Board made several modifications, as a result of compromises made to get the U. S. Highway System approved, many routes were divided, with alignments to serve different towns. In subsequent years, AASHTO called for such splits in U. S, expansion of the system continued until 1956, when the Interstate Highway System was formed. After construction was completed, many U. S, Routes were replaced by Interstate Highways for through traffic. Highways still form many important regional connections, and new routes are still being added, Routes do not have a minimum design standard, unlike the later Interstate Highways, and are not usually built to freeway standards. Many are designated using the streets of the cities and towns through which they run. New additions to the system, however, must substantially meet the current AASHTO design standards, as of 1989, the United States Numbered Highways system has a total length of 157,724 miles. Except for toll bridges and tunnels, very few U. S. AASHTO policy says that a road may only be included as a special route. U. S. Route 3 meets this obligation, in New Hampshire, but US Routes in the system do use parts of four toll roads, US51 uses part of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Illinois, the old road is Illinois Route 251. US278 uses the tolled Cross Island Parkway in South Carolina, US412 uses the Cimarron Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is US64. US412 also uses the Cherokee Turnpike in Oklahoma, the old road is Alternate US412, Routes follow a simple grid in the contiguous United States, in which odd-numbered routes run generally north to south and even-numbered routes run generally east to west
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Colorado State Highway 5
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State Highway 5 in the U. S. state of Colorado is the highest paved road in North America. However, this is not a through highway, it is simply a scenic route to the summit of Mount Evans. The southern terminus of State Highway 5 is at a parking lot somewhat below the actual summit, Highway 5 is short, slightly less than 15 miles. It passes through the Mount Evans Wilderness and this particular state highway is quite unusual in that it does not pass through any cities, towns, or unincorporated communities. The route is contained within the county of Clear Creek. Because of its mountainous route, State Highway 5 is closed seasonally when snow clearance becomes excessively difficult, during the warmer months the road is open 24 hours a day. A toll is charged, though technically the toll is only necessary for the use of the lot at the summit. As a state highway, the road is open to the public and free to traverse out, sh 5s current routing up to Mount Evans was originally a part of State Highway 103, however, it was renumbered as State Highway 5 by year 1955. The entire route is in Clear Creek County
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Colorado State Highway 7
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State Highway 7 in the U. S. state of Colorado is a state highway. The northwestern segment of the highway is part of the Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway and furnishes an access route to Estes Park, Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park. In its southeast portion it skirts the end of the Denver Metropolitan Area, providing an access route connecting Boulder, Lafayette and Brighton with Interstate 25. The western terminus is at the junction of U. S. Highway 36 at N. St. Vrain, the eastern terminus is at Interstate 76 exit 25 in Brighton. The portion between Lyons and Boulder, where it is concurrent with US36, is unsigned, the highway is two lanes along the entire route except for portions in the cities and towns. South of Lyons it is concurrent with U. S.36 along the base of the foothills to Boulder and it is also concurrent with State Highway 119 on 28th Street within Boulder. East of I-25 it jogs one mile south, then due east as 160th Avenue through Brighton to Interstate 76 in the part of Brighton. The route was established in the 1920s and it began at Estes Park and traveled south to Lyons south to Boulder. It then continued to its terminus at U. S. Highway 87 east of Lafayette, the route was paved from Boulder to Lafayette in 1932 and from Estes Park to Lyons in 1936. In 1939, the route was extended southeast to Brighton, where it met U. S. Highway 6, this extension was paved by 1946
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U.S. state
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A U. S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a geographic territory. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders. States range in population from just under 600,000 to over 39 million, four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names. States are divided into counties or county-equivalents, which may be assigned some local authority but are not sovereign. County or county-equivalent structure varies widely by state, State governments are allocated power by the people through their individual constitutions. All are grounded in principles, and each provides for a government. States possess a number of powers and rights under the United States Constitution, Constitution has been amended, and the interpretation and application of its provisions have changed. The general tendency has been toward centralization and incorporation, with the government playing a much larger role than it once did. There is a debate over states rights, which concerns the extent and nature of the states powers and sovereignty in relation to the federal government. States and their residents are represented in the federal Congress, a legislature consisting of the Senate. Each state is represented in the Senate by two senators, and is guaranteed at least one Representative in the House, members of the House are elected from single-member districts. Representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census, the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50, alaska and Hawaii are the most recent states admitted, both in 1959. The Constitution is silent on the question of states have the power to secede from the Union. Shortly after the Civil War, the U. S. Supreme Court, in Texas v. White, as a result, while the governments of the various states share many similar features, they often vary greatly with regard to form and substance
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Colorado
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Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 21st most populous of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,540,545 on July 1,2016, the state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish travelers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28,1861, Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it became a state in the same year as the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers. Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, residents of the state are properly known as Coloradans, although the term Coloradoan has been used archaically and lives on in the title of Fort Collins newspaper, the Coloradoan. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are the states which have boundaries defined solely by lines of latitude and longitude. The summit of Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet elevation in Lake County is the highest point in Colorado, Colorado is the only U. S. state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation. The point where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County, Colorado and this point, which holds the distinction of being the highest low elevation point of any state, is higher than the high elevation points of 18 states and the District of Columbia. A little less than one half of the area of Colorado is flat, East of the Rocky Mountains are the Colorado Eastern Plains of the High Plains, the section of the Great Plains within Nebraska at elevations ranging from roughly 3,350 to 7,500 feet. The Colorado plains were mostly prairies, but they have many patches of forests, buttes. Eastern Colorado is presently covered in farmland and rangeland, along with small farming villages. Precipitation is fair, averaging from 15 to 25 inches annually, corn, wheat, hay, soybeans, and oats are all typical crops, and most of the villages and towns in this region boast both a water tower and a grain elevator. Irrigation water is available from the South Platte, the Arkansas River, and a few other streams, however, heavy use of ground water from wells for irrigation has caused underground water reserves to decline. As well as agriculture, eastern Colorado hosts considerable livestock, such as cattle ranches. Roughly 70% of Colorados population resides along the edge of the Rocky Mountains in the Front Range Urban Corridor between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Pueblo, Colorado. This region is protected from prevailing storms that blow in from the Pacific Ocean region by the high Rockies in the middle of Colorado. The Front Range includes Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Greeley and other townships, on the other side of the Rockies, the significant population centers in Western Colorado are the cities of Grand Junction, Durango, and Montrose
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Concurrency (road)
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A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. When two freeways share the same right-of-way, it is called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex, triplex, multiplex, concurrent numbering can become very common in countries that allow it. In some countries, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one number on road signs. Criticism of concurrencies include environmental intrusion, as well as being considered a factor in road accidents, most concurrencies are simply a combination of two route numbers on the same physical road. This is often advantageous as well as economically advantageous, it may be better for two route numbers to be combined into one along riverways or through mountain valleys. Some nations allow for concurrencies to occur, however, some nations specifically do not allow it to happen, in those nations which do permit concurrencies, it can become very common. In these countries, there are a variety of concurrences which can occur, an example of this is the concurrency of I-70 and I-76 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in western Pennsylvania. A triple Interstate concurrency is found north of Madison, Wisconsin, with I-39, I-90, Wisconsin has another triple Interstate concurrency along the five-mile section of I-41, I-43, and I-894 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The concurrency of I-41 and I-43 on this roadway is an example of a wrong-way concurrency, the longest Interstate highway concurrency is I-80 and I-90 for 265 miles across Indiana and Ohio. There are examples of eight-way concurrencies, I-465 around Indianapolis and Georgia State Route 10 Loop around downtown Athens, Georgia. Portions of the 53-mile I-465 overlap with I-74, US31, US36, US40, US52, US421, SR37, seven of the eight other designations overlap between exits 46 and 47 to create an eight-way concurrency. In the United States, concurrencies are simply marked by placing signs for both routes on the same or adjacent posts, the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prescribes that when mounting these adjacent signs together that the numbers will be arranged vertically or horizontally in order of precedence. The order to be used is Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways, state highways, and finally county roads, several states do not officially have any concurrencies, instead officially ending routes on each side of one. There are several circumstances where unusual concurrencies exist along state borders, one example occurs along the Oklahoma–Arkansas state line. At the northern end of this border Oklahoma State Highway 20 runs concurrently with Arkansas Highway 43, concurrencies are also found in Canada. In Manitoba, the Trans-Canada Highway from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie is concurrently signed with Yellowhead Highway, in Ontario, the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 run concurrently between Burlington and Oakville, forming the provinces only concurrency between two 400-series highways. In the United Kingdom, routes do not run concurrently with others, where this would normally occur, the roadway takes the number of only one of the routes, while the other routes are considered to have a gap and are signed in brackets
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Interstate 70 in Colorado
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Interstate 70 is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from Cove Fort, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland. In Colorado, the highway traverses an east–west route across the center of the state, in western Colorado, the highway connects the metropolitan areas of Grand Junction and Denver via a route through the Rocky Mountains. In eastern Colorado, the crosses the Great Plains, connecting Denver with metropolitan areas in Kansas. Bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles, normally prohibited on Interstate Highways, are allowed on those stretches of I-70 in the Rockies where no other through route exists. The Eisenhower Tunnel, with an elevation of 11,158 feet and length of 1.7 miles, is the longest mountain tunnel. The portion through Glenwood Canyon was completed on October 14,1992 and this was one of the final pieces of the Interstate Highway System to open to traffic, and is one of the most expensive rural highways per mile built in the United States. The Colorado Department of Transportation earned the 1993 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the completion of I-70 through the canyon, when the Interstate Highway system was in the planning stages, the western terminus of I-70 was proposed to be at Denver. The portion west of Denver was included into the plans after lobbying by Governor Edwin C, Johnson, for whom one of the tunnels along I-70 is named. East of Idaho Springs, I-70 was built along the corridor of U. S. Highway 40, West of Idaho Springs, I-70 was built along the route of U. S. Highway 6, which was extended into Colorado during the 1930s. I-70 enters Colorado from Utah, concurrent with US6 and US50, the plateau ends just past the state line and the highway descends into the Grand Valley, formed by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The Grand Valley is home to several towns and small cities that form the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area, the highway directly serves the communities of Fruita, Grand Junction and Palisade. Grand Junction is the largest city between Denver and Salt Lake City and serves as the hub of the area. The freeway passes to the north of downtown, while US6 and 50 retain their original routes through downtown, US6 rejoins I-70 east of Grand Junction, US50 departs on a course toward Pueblo. I-70 exits the valley through De Beque Canyon, a path carved by the Colorado River that separates the Book Cliffs from Battlement Mesa, the river and its tributaries provide the course for the ascent up the Rocky Mountains. In the canyon, I-70 enters the Beavertail Mountain Tunnel, the first of several built to route the freeway across the Rockies. This tunnel design features a curved sidewall, unusual for tunnels in the United States, Engineers borrowed a European design to give the tunnel added strength. After the canyon winds past the Book Cliffs, the highway follows the Colorado River through a valley containing the communities of Parachute, approaching the city of Glenwood Springs, the highway enters Glenwood Canyon. A 12-mile section of roadway features the No Name Tunnel, Hanging Lake Tunnel, Reverse Curve Tunnel,40 bridges and viaducts, and miles of retaining walls
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Loveland Pass
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Loveland Pass is a high mountain pass in the western United States, at an elevation of 11,990 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains of north-central Colorado. It is located on the Continental Divide in the Front Range west of Denver on U. S. Highway 6, the twisty road is considered to be especially treacherous during the winter months. A steep, steady 6. 7% grade, along with numerous hairpin turns on either side, Loveland is the highest mountain pass in the world that regularly stays open during a snowy winter season. When the Eisenhower Tunnel opened in March 1973, it allowed motorists on Interstate 70 to avoid crossing the pass directly, trucks that cannot pass through the tunnel must still take US6 across Loveland Pass,800 vertical feet above the tunnel. The same is true for bicyclists, pedestrians, and those drivers who wish to stop along the road to admire the scenery, Loveland Ski Area is located at the east side of the pass, and Arapahoe Basin is on the west side. The pass itself is a destination for backcountry skiers. Occasionally during the winter, the road may be closed by a blizzard and all traffic must use the tunnel. In the event of less serious winter storms, chain restrictions are often imposed, at the Loveland Pass parking lot, visitors can access trails to the summits of Mount Sniktau and other nearby mountain peaks. The pass is named for William A. H. Loveland, the president of the Colorado Central Railroad, the city of Loveland, in Larimer County near Fort Collins, is also named after him. On a clear Friday in early October 1970, a crash occurred about two miles north of the summit, and only nine of the forty on board survived. The plane carried members of the Wichita State University football team, as well as coaches, administrators, the cause was attributed to several pilot errors. On April 20,2013, an avalanche at Loveland Pass killed five snowboarders in the deadliest avalanche in Colorado since 1962, a sixth snowboarder involved in the incident survived, extracted himself, and flagged down a truck from the states Transportation Department. List of Colorado mountain passes List of Colorado mountain ranges List of Colorado mountain summits Colorado Road Conditions and Closings Loveland Pass Backcountry Skier Information
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Continental Divide of the Americas
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The Continental Divide of the Americas is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. The Continental Divide of the Americas begins at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the Divide crosses into the United States in northwestern Montana, at the boundary between Waterton Lakes National Park and Glacier National Park. In Canada, it forms the boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park. The Divide crosses into Wyoming within Yellowstone National Park and continues southeast into Colorado where it reaches its highest point in North America at the summit of Grays Peak at 4,352 m. It crosses US Hwy 160 in southern Colorado at Wolf Creek Pass, the Divide then proceeds south into western New Mexico, passing along the western boundary of the endorheic Plains of San Agustin. Although the Divide represents the height of land between watersheds, it not always follow the highest ranges/peaks within each state or province. In Mexico, it passes through Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, México, the Federal District, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. In Central America, it continues through southern Guatemala, southwestern Honduras, western Nicaragua, western/southwestern Costa Rica, the divide reaches its lowest point in Central America at the Isthmus of Rivas at 47 m in Nicaragua. In North America, another, mainly non-mountainous divide, the Laurentian Divide, secondary divides separate the watersheds that flow into the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River from watersheds that flow to the Atlantic via the Missouri-Mississippi complex. Another secondary divide follows the Appalachian chain, which separates those streams, Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the Great Divide and the Northern or Laurentian Divide. From this point, waters flow to the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean via the Gulf of Mexico, most geographers, geologists, meteorologists, and oceanographers consider this point the hydrological apex of North America. This is not the place on earth where two oceanic divides meet, i. e. where waters from a single point area feed into three different oceans. This status of Triple Divide Peak is the reason behind the designation of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park as the Crown of the Continent of North America. Sources differ, however, on whether Hudson Bay is part of the Atlantic or Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bays waters flow predominantly to the Atlantic and do not directly contribute to the Arctic Ocean. Another triple divide or triple point occurs in Canada at an unimportant-looking hump on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, on the slope of Snow Dome. At 3,456 metres, the point is higher than Triple Divide Peak, the exact location of the triple point is somewhat indeterminate because the Columbia Icefield and the snow on top of it shift from year to year. The snow that falls on it doesnt really flow downhill as water, ice flowing away from that point down the Athabasca Glacier goes to the Arctic Ocean, via the Athabasca and Mackenzie Rivers. Ice flowing west goes to the Pacific Ocean via Bryce Creek, ice flowing down the Saskatchewan Glacier goes via the North Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, and Nelson Rivers into Hudson Bay
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Clear Creek (Colorado)
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Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles long, in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, Clear Creek is unusual in that it is a stream named creek fed by a stream named river. Fall River empties into Clear Creek along I-70 west of Idaho Springs, the creek is famous as the location of the most intense early mining activity during the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859. Mountain man Jim Baker had a cabin on the creek from 1873 until his death in 1898, the creek provided the route of the Colorado Central Railroad, and later for U. S. Highway 6 and Interstate 70 as they ascend to the Continental Divide west of Denver. The creek rises at the divide near Loveland Pass in the Front Range. It descends eastward through Clear Creek Canyon past the towns of Silver Plume, Georgetown, within the canyon it receives numerous smaller tributary creeks that descend from the rugged mountains on either side. At the mouth of the canyon, the passes through the town of Golden. East of the foothills, it flows through the northwest part of the Denver Metropolitan Area, passing through north Lakewood and Wheat Ridge, along this section it is largely an ignored urban stream, with an undeveloped floodplain. Part of the path forms a wooded park with bicycle/foot path. It passes under Interstate 25 between its junction with Interstate 70 and U. S. Highway 36 and it joins the South Platte from the west in southeast Thornton, near the junction of Interstate 76 and State Highway 224. Clear Creek was originally named Cannonball Creek as early as 1820, called so by the French hunters of the expedition of Stephen H. Long, after the river rocks in its bed. In the 1830s it became known as Vasquez Fork, also Vasquez River, after the fur trader Louis Vasquez who had his fort at the mouth of the river and it gained its present name from the gold rushers in 1859. List of rivers of Colorado Crabtree Creek, another creek with a river tributary
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Sterling, Colorado
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Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 18,211 at the 2010 census, Sterling is located at 40°37′32″N 103°12′42″W. It is 128 miles northeast of Denver, and is located on Interstate 76, According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.9 square miles, all of it land. A post office called Sterling has been in operation since 1874, the community was named for Sterling, Illinois, the native home of a railroad official. Sterling is the largest city in Northeastern Colorado and the county seat of Logan County, Sterling is the home of Northeastern Junior College, a residential two year liberal arts college in Colorado. Sterling is the shopping hub for most of northeastern Colorado and hosts stores like Wal-Mart, The Home Depot. Penney, as well as local retailers located primarily on Main Street. Sterling is a center for health care as well, and is the home of the Sterling Regional Medical Center. The Colorado Department of Corrections operates the Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling, just a few miles northeast of Sterling is located the North Sterling State Park, situated on the North Sterling Reservoir, a man-made lake fed by waters from the South Platte River. This new state park has three state of the art boat ramps, and three camping areas with over 150 camping sites, as well as multiple picnicking sites. The park is famous for its swimming, boating, waterskiing, camping. Pheasant, duck, and deer hunting are excellent in the high plains, Sterling is the home of two beautiful golf courses, Riverview Golf Course and the Northeastern Eighteen, each offering excellent 18-hole courses. Museum admission is three dollars, and picnic grounds are adjacent, the Recreation Center now has an indoor pool with a capacity of 225, including the diving well and an outdoor pool with a capacity of nearly 450. The largest attraction at the pool is the double flumed slide, complete with a translucent blue speed slide about 130 feet long, picnic tables and chairs can accommodate over 300 patrons and the seven shade structures provide plenty of protection from the suns ultra violet rays. Http, //www. sterlingcolo. com/pages/dept/plr/reccenter. php According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sterling has a semi-arid climate, crosson Field Municipal Airport serves Sterling, but there are no scheduled flights available from there. The closest airport served by scheduled flights is Denver International Airport, Sterling is also served by railroads, although only freight carriers serve the town. The main rail operator is Burlington Northern Santa Fe, but other operators, like Union Pacific, the closest Amtrak station is located in Fort Morgan, about 47 miles away. Scheduled bus service is offered by Black Hills Stage Lines with service to Ft. Morgan and Denver in Colorado, as well as number of cities in Nebraska including North Platte, Kearney, and Omaha
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Mesa County, Colorado
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Mesa County is one of the 64 counties of the U. S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 146,723, the county seat is Grand Junction. The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, Mesa County comprises the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 3,341 square miles. It is the fourth-largest county by area in Colorado, garfield County – north Pitkin County – east Gunnison County – east Delta County – southeast Montrose County – south Grand County, Utah – west Highline Lake State Park James M. The population density was 44.1 people per square mile,10. 02% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 25. 10% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94. In the county, the population was out with 25. 00% under the age of 18,9. 40% from 18 to 24,26. 70% from 25 to 44,23. 70% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.20 males, the median income for a household in the county was $35,864, and the median income for a family was $43,009. Males had an income of $32,316 versus $22,374 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,715, about 7. 00% of families and 10. 20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. 50% of those under age 18 and 8. 10% of those age 65 or over. Via Interstate 15, it connects Grand Junction with Las Vegas, Nevada, U. S. Highway 6 serves 14 states, running east-west from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to Bishop, California. In Colorado, it runs parallel to Interstate 76 and Interstate 70. U. S. Highway 50 crosses 12 states, linking Ocean City, Maryland, with Sacramento, in Colorado, U. S.50 connects Grand Junction with Montrose, Gunnison, and Pueblo, and to the west, it travels into the state of Utah. SH340 runs east-west, starting at First Street in downtown Grand Junction, traversing the Redlands, Grand Junction Regional Airport is located 4.6 miles from downtown Grand Junction. Mack Mesa Airport is located 25 miles from downtown Grand Junction, pinyon Airport is located 12.6 miles from downtown Grand Junction. There is a Amtrak Station located in downtown Grand Junction, there is a Greyhound Bus Station located in Grand Junction
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Salina, Utah
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Salina is a city in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,393 at the 2000 census, the first permanent settlers moved into the area in 1864 at the direction of leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They found abundant salt deposits nearby so they named the area Salina, in 1866 troubles with Indians who used the area as their hunting ground forced the white settlers to retreat to the Manti area. They returned to Salina in 1871, organized a militia, and constructed a fort and buildings for a school, at that time they discovered coal deposits in almost inexhaustible quantities in the canyon east of the settlement. The Sevier River was tapped in 1874, and by 1908 the area west of the settlement was being fully cultivated, in June 1891 the settlement was connected to the states railroad system, and that year the central area was incorporated as a town. It soon became the terminal between the area settlements and the rest of the state. In 1913 the town was re-incorporated as a city, during World War II, Salina contained a POW camp, housing 250 German prisoners both of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. On the night of July 8,1945, Private Clarence Bertucci climbed one of the guard towers and he fired 250 rounds from a light machine gun and managed to hit some thirty tents in his fifteen-second rampage. By the time a corporal managed to disarm Bertucci, six prisoners were dead and this incident was called the Salina Massacre. Bertucci, who was from New Orleans, was declared insane, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.2 square miles, all of it land. Salinas annual precipitation averages around 7.82 inches, which causes the area to be classified as desert, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,393 people,808 households, and 631 families residing in the city. The population density was 388.9 people per square mile, there were 878 housing units at an average density of 142.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96. 66% White,1. 17% Native American,0. 13% Asian,0. 17% Pacific Islander,0. 75% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 80% of the population. 19. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.41. In the city, the population was out with 35. 2% under the age of 18,10. 9% from 18 to 24,24. 2% from 25 to 44,17. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 28 years, for every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males, the median income for a household in the city was $34,886, and the median income for a family was $38,816. Males had an income of $32,204 versus $16,250 for females
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Rangely, Colorado
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Rangely is a Statutory Town in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,096 at the 2000 census, the town is home to one of two campuses of the Colorado Northwestern Community College. A post office called Rangely was established in 1884, the community was named after Rangely, Massachusetts, the native home of a local businessperson. Rangely is located at 40°5′10″N 108°47′53″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.0 square miles, all of it land. The terrain is desert and is dry for most of the year. Rangely has a climate with hot summers, cold winters. As of the 2000 census, there were 2,096 people,749 households, the population density was 518.4 people per square mile. There were 899 housing units at a density of 222.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 94. 42% White,0. 43% African American,1. 05% Native American,0. 43% Asian,1. 62% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. 20% of the population. 23. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was out with 28. 3% under the age of 18,14. 4% from 18 to 24,29. 6% from 25 to 44,20. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 31 years, for every 100 females there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $41,276, and the median income for a family was $48,438. Males had an income of $41,220 versus $25,242 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,668, about 6. 3% of families and 9. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. 2% of those under age 18 and 4. 1% of those age 65 or over. Near Rangely are the following prehistoric Fremont culture sites listed as National Register of Historic Places, cañon Pintado – dated from 500–1899 AD. Carrot Men Pictograph Site – dated from 500–1499 AD, Fremont Lookout Fortification Site – dated from 0–1499 AD. Rangely is home to an empty water tank called The Tank that has used for decades for performances and recordings
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Fruita, Colorado
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The City of Fruita is a Home Rule Municipality located in western Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Fruita is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area and within the Grand Valley, the population was 12,646 at the 2010 census. Originally home to the Ute people, white farmers settled the town after founder William Pabor in 1884, ten years later, Fruita was incorporated. Fruita has been the winner of the Governor’s Smart Growth and Development Award for four consecutive years, the city motto is Honor the Past, Envision the Future. Fruita has had steady growth for over a century, with descendants of many of the original pioneers still living in the area. The first permanent homesteaders in the Fruita area were possibly Mr. and they resided in a pre-existing cabin with a dirt floor and a blanket door. They were followed by settlers, nearly all of whom were farmers of one sort or another. The present town was established on May 1,1884, by William E. Pabor, in 1886, for the cost of $500 a farmer could buy five acres,200 fruit trees and water. Pabor recognized the promise of the Grand Valley and penned a 300-page volume, Colorado as an Agricultural State. Having worked with the Horace Greeley Union Colony, he founded the town in a similar way and this provision lasted until it was voted out in the late 1970s. The original town site was planned for 80 acres with a park in the middle, the first water reached the town from the Colorado River in 1907. By 1909, the center was linked with electricity. In the 1930s, Fruita participated in government projects, including the Grand Valley Resettlement Project. Settled in groups of two or three families per area,34 families were relocated by 1937, later, the Rural Electrification Project brought electricity to around 800 or 900 farms. Today, the activities of Fruita are supported by the efforts of the Fruita Historic Preservation Board. Led here by communications with Dr. S. M, bradbury of Grand Junction, Riggs had heard that ranchers had been collecting fossils around the area for 20 years. In 1901, Riggs and crew found nearly two thirds of an Apatosaurus excelsus skeleton on the northeast side of Dinosaur Hill, in Fruita and this is still considered to be one of the finest specimens known. Later, other bones were also found, which eventually led to the landmarks name
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Montrose, Colorado
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The City of Montrose is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,132 at the 2010 United States Census, the main road that leads in and out of Montrose is U. S. Highway 50. The town is located in south-western Colorado, and is known for its regional recreational areas. Demographically, the town is majority white, with a large Hispanic population and it is also the home of a few major engineering projects, namely the Gunnison Tunnel. Montrose was incorporated on May 2,1882 and named after Sir Walter Scotts novel A Legend of Montrose, the Denver & Rio Grande railroad was built west toward Grand Junction and reached Montrose later in 1882, and the town became an important regional shipping center. A branch railroad line served the mineral-rich San Juan Mountains to the south, the Uncompahgre Project is one of the oldest of those in the area by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. The canal is used for recreation, water rushing through the canal below the tunnel creates a kayak-surfing spot called the M-wave. However, the wave is on property and is unsafe for inexperienced riders. Tourist and recreation opportunities are important to the regional economy, Montrose is a gateway to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to the east of town. In the winter, it is a hub for ski areas of the San Juan Mountains to the south. Early in the history, prehistoric people lived in the vicinity. The panels recorded cultural events and were a means of artistic expression, the site is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and the National Register of Historic Places. Montrose is the birthplace of American screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.5 square miles, all of it is land. Montrose is in the end of the Uncompahgre valley, and is built on the Uncompahgre river. It is surrounded by, to the north, Grand Mesa, to the east, the Black Canyon, to the south, the San Juan Mountains, the valley is arid, and is only arable due to the water from the Gunnison Tunnel. Montrose features a semi-arid Continental climate zone, the town sits on high grasslands in the Uncompahgre Valley of Western Colorado. Snowfall occurs during the winter but is short lived due to the high altitude. As of the census of 2000, there were 12,344 people,5,244 households, the population density was 1,076.3 people per square mile
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Clifton, Colorado
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Clifton is a census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area, the population was 19,889 at the 2010 census. The Clifton Post Office has the ZIP Code 81520, a post office called Clifton has been in operation since 1900. The community was named for cliffs near the town site, Clifton is located at 39°4′39″N 108°27′51″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 6.8 square miles. Clifton lies in the warmest USDA hardiness zone in Colorado at 7a, as of the census of 2000, there were 17,345 people,6,327 households, and 4,694 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,558.8 people per square mile, there were 6,640 housing units at an average density of 979.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 89. 09% White,0. 55% African American,1. 42% Native American,0. 39% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,5. 72% from other races, and 2. 78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14. 11% of the population,19. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the family size was 3.11. In the CDP, the population was out with 31. 6% under the age of 18,10. 6% from 18 to 24,30. 6% from 25 to 44,17. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 30 years, for every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males, the median income for a household in the CDP was $31,684, and the median income for a family was $34,542. Males had an income of $30,418 versus $20,704 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,968, about 10. 4% of families and 12. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16. 9% of those under age 18 and 4. 6% of those age 65 or over
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I-70 / US-6 / US-50 at Utah state line
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To SH 340 (S. Coulson Street)
I-70 / I-70 Bus. begins – Denver
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