Interstate 270 (Colorado)
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| Interstate 270 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System | |||||||||
| Length: | 6.813 mi[1] (10.964 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: | Image:I-25.svgImage:US 36.svgImage:US 287.svg I-25/US 36/US 287 at Welby | ||||||||
| East end: | Image:I-70.svgImage:US 36.svg I-70/US 36 in Denver | ||||||||
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Interstate 270 (I-270) is a 5.3-mile highway in the northeastern part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. It overlaps (but is not signed as) U.S. Route 36 for its entire length.
The western terminus of I-270 is at the interchange with I-25 and US 36 at Welby, Colorado, which is part of the "Turnpike Tangle". I-270 connects directly to US 36 westbound, the main route to Boulder, Colorado via the former Denver-Boulder Turnpike.[1]
The eastern terminus of I-270 is at the interchange with I-70 in Denver, Colorado.
Apart from the two termini, the only crossing with another Interstate highway is the partial interchange with I-76 at Welby, Colorado, which is part of the "Turnpike Tangle".
The highway crosses through Commerce City, a near northeastern suburb of Denver, within which it has an interchange with US 6 and US 85.
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Adams | 0.000 | Image:US 36.svg US 36 west (Denver-Boulder Turnpike) – Boulder | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 0.000 | 0 | Image:I-25.svg I-25 north – Fort Collins | |||
| 1.100 0.000 | 1A | Image:I-76.svgImage:I-25.svg I-76 to I-25 south – Denver, Grand Junction, Fort Morgan | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 0.385 | 1B | York Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Commerce City | 2.358 | 2 | Image:US 85.svgImage:Colorado 2.svg US 85 / SH 2 (Vasquez Boulevard, US 6) | Signed as exits 2A (north) and 2B (south) | |
| Denver | Denver | 4.569 | 4 | Quebec Street (SH 35) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 5.351 | Image:I-70.svg I-70 east (US 36 east) – Limon | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed October 2007
| Auxiliary routes of Interstate 70 | ||
| Current and Future (F) | Former | |
| Image:I-170.svg | Missouri | Maryland |
| Image:I-270.svg | Colorado - Illinois-Missouri - Ohio - Maryland | |
| Image:I-370.svg | Maryland | |
| Image:I-470.svg | Kansas - Missouri - Ohio-West Virginia | Colorado |
| Image:I-670.svg | Ohio - Kansas-Missouri | |
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