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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.
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.
In 2022, CDOT replaced a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) viaduct that formerly carried I-70 between Brighton Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard in Denver with a below-grade highway. The $1.2 billion project, financed through a public–private partnership with Kiewit and Meridiam , added new express toll lanes ; the below-grade freeway was covered with a four ...
E-470 is the eastern portion of what was originally planned as Interstate 470 (I-470), a full outer beltway for the Denver metropolitan area proposed by CDOT in the 1960s. After the completion of SH 470, plans for the eastern extension gained momentum in the 1980s, as Denver moved forward with plans for a new international airport in its ...
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.
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.