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State Highway 470 (C-470, SH 470) is a freeway located in the southwestern portion of the Denver Metro Area. It is also the southwestern portion of the Denver Metro area's beltway. SH 470 begins at US 6 in Golden and heads south interchanging Interstate 70 and then US 285 outside Morrison.
As part of this role, CDOT periodically conducts surveys on their highways to measure traffic volume. This is expressed in terms of average annual daily traffic (AADT), which is a measure of the average daily traffic volume on a particular road. In 2009, CDOT calculated that as few as 3,200 vehicles used SH 74 daily near Idledale, and as many ...
Traffic backed up on parts of Interstate 70, west of Denver, on Wednesday evening. (Storm Chaser Aaron Rigsby) Travel delays on other highways, such as Interstate 25, were also reported.
Source: CDOT [3] [5] The Colorado Department of Transportation has its roots in 1909, when the first highway bill was passed by forming a three-member Highway Commission to approve work and allocate funds. The Commission first took their post on January 1, 1910. In 1917 the State Highway Fund was created and the State Highway Department was formed.
Maintained by CDOT: Length: 111.009 mi [1] (178.652 km) Major junctions; West end: SH 119 near Niwot: US 287 in ... US 287 – Fort Collins, Denver:
A year prior to I-270 being constructed, Interstate 225 would also begin construction, starting at I-70 and would work its way south through Aurora and into the Denver Tech Center by 1976. [10] A full beltway around Denver was proposed by CDOT as well and was added to the Federal Highway Act of 1968 and was to be Interstate 470.
In 1955, Jefferson County announced plans for a four-lane freeway between US 6 in Golden and the Valley Highway in Denver, approximately following West 44th Avenue from Golden to Mount Olivet Cemetery and West 48th Avenue to the Valley Highway, [4] which the Golden Chamber of Commerce endorsed as beneficial to the city's economy and traffic conditions. [5]
Denver's Regional Transportation District, known locally as RTD, is the largest public transportation system in Colorado. The RTD system provides bus, light rail, and commuter rail transportation services in the majority of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area. Through its FasTracks initiative, RTD is working to rapidly build ...