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These highways are built to Interstate Highway standards, which are freeways with speed limits up to 75 miles per hour in rural areas and 65 miles per hour in urban areas, primarily in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. In very populated areas where the traffic volume is the greatest, the speed limit can drop as low as 55 miles per hour.
Map of highest posted speed limits in US states or counties Map of highest posted speed limits in the U.S. territories. In the United States, speed limits are set by each state or territory. States have also allowed counties and municipalities to enact typically lower limits. Highway speed limits can range from an urban low of 25 mph (40 km/h ...
Most state highways are generally two lane roads with speed limits up to 65 miles per hour in rural areas but can drop as low as 30 miles per hour in served communities. In urban areas, they can be six to eight lane expressways primarily in Denver and Colorado Springs. Some numbered routes are concurrent with US highways and Interstate Highways ...
In the U.S. state of Colorado, US 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. It then traverses through the Denver Metro Area , then exits by following Interstate 70 (I-70) and US 287 .
The maximum speed limit in Colorado is 75 mph (121 km/h) on rural Interstate highways and the toll road portion of SH 470 , although Interstate 70 in the Rocky Mountains has a 65 mph (105 km/h) limit because of steep grades and curves and a 50 mph (80 km/h) limit at the east and west ends of the Eisenhower Tunnel. The maximum speed limit on ...
SH 21 remains as an expressway going north through a densely populated area of Colorado Springs. After the intersection with Dublin Boulevard, it becomes a semi-freeway with a 65 mph speed limit until reaching its northern terminus at SH 83's southern terminus. The route's mileposts are lined up with the mileposts on I-25 and rather than ...
The Gap is an 18-mile (29 km) stretch of I-25 from south of Castle Rock to Monument, in both Douglas and El Paso counties. It is the only four-lane section of I-25 between Colorado's two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs. Over the years, congestion, crashes, and delays have grown due to population growth and more people using the road.
The high speed, dual-carriageway segment of US 285 that aligns with Hampden Avenue in the grid system is locally known as the Hampden Avenue Freeway. On March 14, 2008 both houses of the Colorado legislature, in a unanimous vote, named the section between Kenosha Pass and C-470 the Ralph Carr Memorial Highway.