Interstate 76 (west)
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Interstate 76 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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Length: | 188.10 mi[1][2] (302.72 km) |
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Formed: | 1975 |
West end: | I-70 in Arvada, CO |
Major junctions: |
I-25 in Welby, CO |
North end: | I-80 near Big Springs, NE |
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Interstate 76 (abbreviated I-76) is an interstate highway that runs from Interstate 70 in Arvada, Colorado (near Denver) to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska.
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[edit] Route description
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[edit] Colorado
In Colorado, I-76 is a diagonal route traversing from Arvada to the Nebraska state line. The northeastern two-thirds of this route, from Wiggins to the Nebraska border, is parallel to the South Platte River. It also features one of the longest business routes in the nation, which is Business Loop I-76 through Fort Morgan, Brush, Hillrose, Merino, Atwood, and Sterling. [3]
[edit] Nebraska
In Nebraska, I-76 stretches just over three miles (5 km). It is signed as a north-south direction, as opposed to east-west in Colorado. Its entire route is located in Deuel County, parallel to the South Platte River and U.S. Highway 138. Its only interchange is at Interstate 80, numbered exit 102 based on I-80's mileage.
[edit] History
Until 1975, both the western segment of Interstate 76 and a portion of the eastern Interstate 76 was signed as Interstate 80S. The western segment of I-76 was redesignated from I-80S in 1975, in accordance with AASHTO policy to remove the letter suffixes from Interstate Highway System routes.
I-76 was conceived in August 1958. The Colorado portion was planned and built first. In December 1969, the Nebraska Department of Roads worked together with the Colorado Department of Highways to open a three-mile (5 km) long route connecting Interstate 80 with the rest of I-80S in Colorado.[1] The first western terminus of I-76 was at I-25; the western extension to I-70 was built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. By its final completion in November 2002, the total cost was USD $45.5 million.[1]
A proposal for this route was called for in January 1958, followed by a construction in July 1966. a segment of what was called I-80S at the time consisted of 36 miles (58 km) was completed by July 1966, having its route stretch from the Nebraska state line to the city of Crook. During that time, extension for the route began for an additional 24 miles (39 km) between Crook and Sterling. It was again followed by an additional nine miles (14 km) of extension to the route, connecting the cities Sterling, Fort Morgan, and Wiggins altogether. Then another extension took place, 47 miles (76 km) from Wiggins to Barr Lake, as well as seven more miles to U.S. Highway 85, thereby connecting to a three-mile (5 km) long existing route. Then four more miles of the route was constructed to connect Interstate 25 in Denver.[1]
In 1968, Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 85 was open to the general traffic to the Denver vicinity after all the structures located throughout the route were completed, as well as meeting the criteria of the Interstate standards. Structures connected several interchanges; each one connecting Interstate 270, U.S. Highway 85, Dahila Street, Washington Street, 74th Avenue, and York Street. The completion also included structures in which each cross the Burlington Canal, Platte River, and the Union Pacific Railroad. By October 24, 1970, the route was open to traffic from Sedgwick to Julesburg, as well as the completion of the route, connecting from its western terminus of I-25 in Colorado to its eastern terminus at I-80 near Big Springs, Nebraska.[1]
In July 1976, the already completed route, I-80S, was renumbered to I-76 in accordance with AASHTO policy to remove the letter suffixes from Interstate Highway System routes and to avoid the misconception with this route and I-80 as well as the elimination of most suffixed routes. This prompted the replacement of at least 488 signs in order to relinquish I-80S. By around the year 1990, six additional miles was planned and constructed west of I-25. Consequently, the construction reached Arvada and made the city of what is now the current western terminus of I-76. By October 2002, all of I-76 was open to the general traffic.[1]
[edit] Exit list
County | Location | Mile[1][2] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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Jefferson | Arvada | 0.000- 0.538 |
I-70 west – Grand Junction | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
0.000 | 1A | SH 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
1.768 | 1B | SH 95 (Sheridan Boulevard) | |||
Adams | |||||
3.223 | 3 | US 287 (Federal Boulevard) | |||
4.210 | 4 | Pecos Street | |||
5.777 | 5 | I-25 – Fort Collins, Colorado Springs | No westbound exit (see below) | ||
5.777 | 5A | I-25 south – Denver | Westbound exit only | ||
6.803 | 6A | I-270 east – Limon, Denver International Airport | Signed as exit 6 eastbound | ||
6.803 | 6B | I-270 west – Boulder | Westbound exit only | ||
8.052 | 8 | SH 224 (74th Avenue) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
9.483 | 9 | US 6 west / US 85 south – Commerce City | West end of US 6/US 85 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
10.466 | 10 | 88th Avenue | |||
11.549 | 11 | 96th Avenue | |||
12.502 | 12 | US 85 north – Greeley, Brighton | East end of US 85 overlap; no eastbound entrance | ||
Brighton, Commerce City | 16.477 | 16 | SH 2 (Sable Boulevard) / 120th Avenue – Denver International Airport | ||
18.079 | 18 | E-470 south – Limon, Denver International Airport | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Brighton | 19.723 | 20 | 136th Avenue | ||
21.081 | 21 | 144th Avenue | |||
22.407 | 22 | Bromley Lane | |||
25.145 | 25 | SH 7 west – Lochbuie, Brighton | |||
Weld | |||||
Hudson | 31.480 | 31 | SH 52 – Hudson, Boulder, Fort Lupton | ||
34.412 | 34 | Kersey Road | |||
38.925 | 39 | Keenesburg (I-76 Bus. south) | |||
47.972 | 48 | Roggen | |||
49.236 | 49 | Painter Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
57.219 | 57 | County Road 91 | |||
60 | SH 144 east – Orchard | ||||
Morgan | 63.883 | 64 | Wiggins | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
66.099 | 66A | SH 39 / SH 52 – Goodrich, Wiggins | |||
66.288 | 66B | US 34 west – Greeley, Estes Park | West end of US 34 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
73.130 | 73 | Long Bridge Road | |||
75.280 | 75 | US 34 east / I-76 Bus. east – Fort Morgan | East end of US 34 overlap | ||
78.852 | 79 | SH 144 – Weldona | |||
Fort Morgan | 80.139 | 80 | SH 52 , Fort Morgan | ||
81.648 | 82 | Barlow Road – Fort Morgan | |||
85.713 | 86 | Dodd Bridge Road | |||
88.695 | 89 | Hospital Road | |||
89.643 | 90 | SH 71 to US 34 – Brush, Akron, Limon, Snyder | Signed as exits 90A (south) and 90B (north) | ||
91.693 | 92 | US 6 east to US 34 – Brush, Yuma | East end of US 6 overlap | ||
95.382 | 95 | Hillrose | |||
Washington | 102.086 | 102 | Merino | ||
Logan | 115.197 | 115 | SH 63 – Atwood | ||
Sterling | 124.756 | 125 | US 6 to SH 61 south – Holyoke, Otis, Sterling | ||
133.511 | 134 | Iliff | |||
140.846 | 141 | Proctor | |||
148.880 | 149 | SH 55 – Crook | |||
155.288 | 155 | Red Lion Road | |||
Sedgwick | 164.933 | 165 | SH 59 – Sedgwick, Haxtun | ||
172.017 | 172 | Ovid | |||
180.221 | 180 | US 385 – Julesburg | |||
Colorado-Nebraska state line | |||||
Deuel | 2.48 | 102 | I-80 west – Sidney | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
3.15 | I-80 east – Omaha | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g The History of I-76 in Colorado
- ^ a b Nebraska Department of Roads, Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book, 2007
- ^ Colorado @ RockyMountainRoads.com - Interstate 76
[edit] External links
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