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SH 119 approaching the southern terminus. Highway 119 begins at a signalized T intersection with U.S. Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon between Golden and Idaho Springs.It then heads north, alongside North Clear Creek, to the gambling town of Black Hawk, Colorado; this section of the road carries heavy traffic to the casinos of Black Hawk and Central City and experiences many accidents.
The freeway follows Clear Creek down the eastern side of the Rockies, passing through the Veterans Memorial Tunnels [13] near Idaho Springs. Farther to the east, I-70 departs the US 6 corridor, which continues to follow Clear Creek through a narrow, curving gorge. The Interstate, however, follows the corridor of US 40 out of the canyon.
Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles (106 km) long, [3] in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge at the town of Golden, finally ending in the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte.
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SH 93 runs 18.8 miles (30.3 km), starting at its southern junction with US 6 and SH 58 at the entrance to Clear Creek Canyon in Golden. It runs north, just east of the mountains, ending at a junction with SH 119 in central Boulder.
Butte Creek Falls has been closed since the 2020 Labor Day fires because the roads around it were burned and the state says travel there is unsafe.
The iteration is now known as Old Clear Creek Road. Only a small portion of Old Clear Creek Road is currently maintained by the state as unsigned SR 705, [1] the remainder is an access road for private residences in the canyon. The modern route, also using Clear Creek Canyon, was built in the late 1950s. [54]
Aliso Canyon, which serves more than 11 million customers and provides fuel to 17 natural gas-fired power plants, will be reviewed for permanent closure when the "forecasted peak day demand for ...