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Showin' the love to US 85

9/7/2019

In southern Colorado, US 85 gets no respect. But in northern Colorado, it's a different story. Weld County and several of its municipalities along US 85 embrace the route. In 2011, they collectively christened it the Centennial Highway:

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Updates and recent changes

8/28/2019

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Added authentic, historic, state-name US route shields to each of the main pages (kudos to Michael Summa for the images). Also: US 59, US 120, US 101, US 27, Niagara Falls, US 5, US 7, US 24, Hardeeville, Lewiston, Numbering, US 169, US 73, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Bay Area, US 14, US 13, US 258, US 264, Wilmington, Wilson, Colors, US 52, US 91, Laredo, US 611, US 541

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Updates and recent changes

5/17/2019

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US 611, US 541, Charleston, US 129, US 192, US 231, US 331, Chicago, Detroit, US 270, US 48, US 48 [i], US 29, US 240, US 138, US 60, US 120, US 22, US 25, US 127, US 219, South Sioux City, US 730, US 197, US 99, US 150, US 160, Bay Area, US 79, US 275, US 90, US 169, US 377, US 340, US 61, US 54, US 431, Walterboro, US 224, US 301, US 119, US 183, US 191, West Memphis

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Historic US 85-87 bridge in Colorado Springs

5/5/2019

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The original bridge over Cottonwood Creek in this area was the 1887 stone arch bridge for the ATSF railroad. A parallel auto road was also built right along the west side of the RR. This became one of the most important early auto routes in Colorado, running north-south along the Front Range (in other words, a precursor to today's I-25). In fact it was designated "State Highway #1" in the 1920s. A new bridge for this road was built in 1923-24, just downstream (west) of the RR bridge. This is the same bridge that still stands today. It has long since been surrounded by the urban expanse of Colorado Springs, but back in 1924 this area was still quite rural. It was not yet a part of the Springs and the road was probably not yet referred to as Vincent Drive. This photo was taken from a vantage point on the stone arch bridge (now "New" Vincent Drive), looking west down Cottonwood Creek towards Pikes Peak. The 1924 bridge which carried "Old" Vincent Drive is visible just beyond the rec trail bridge in the foreground:

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Updates and recent changes

1/29/2019

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US 54, US 431, Walterboro, US 224, US 301, US 48, US 119, US 183, US 191, West Memphis, Niagara Falls, US 40, US 189, Long Beach, US 66, US 641, US 401, US 32, US 163, US 491, US 28, US 8, US 20, US 23, US 31, US 67, US 81, US 131, US 166, US 177, Covington, St. Ignace, US 22, US 185, US 241, US 45, US 87, US 221, US 85, Bay Area, US 219, US 422, US 10, US 35

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Updates and recent changes

11/3/2018

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Bay Area, US 219, US 422, US 10, US 35, Key West, US 183, Junction, US 151, US 122, US 189, US 195, US 74, Chattanooga, US 28, US 277, Detroit, US 311, US 411, US 411 [ii], US 241, US 311, Rouses Point, US 165, US 8, US 97, US 131, US 163, Monticello, Portsmouth, GeoCenter, Denvers, Springfield, Kansas City, US 400, US 154, US 156, US 270, US 73, US 159

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US 311 should have been decommissioned in 1934; why is it still around?

6/30/2018

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The following map shows US 311 and other relevant routes as they existed just prior to the changes that were implemented in 1934:

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US 400: its number is not the only error

4/11/2018

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The easternmost of US 400's many overlaps with other US routes.

On a recent roadtrip along US 400, my son asked me, "Isn't 400 kind of a weird number for a highway?" Apparently even non-roadgeeks sense that there is something wrong with the US 400 designation. But it goes beyond that. This post examines all of the things that are wrong with US 400: not only its number, but also its purpose, its implementation, its intra-state nature, its collateral damage, and its amount of concurrent mileage with other US routes. But I'm getting ahead of myself; let's start from the beginning...

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Updates and recent changes

4/5/2018

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Denvers, Springfield, Kansas City, US 400, US 154, US 156, US 270, US 73, US 159, US 281, US 283, US 183, US 36, US 371, US 75, US 421, US 17, US 13, US 34, US 87, Montgomery, US 16, US 169, US 277, US 36, US 666, US 275, US 79, US 830, US 202, US 6, US 71, Madison NC, US 280, US 23, US 441, US 129, US 123, US 341, US 35, Chicago, US 180, US 411, Chattanooga, Springer, Trinidad

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Old US 285 along Speer Boulevard in Denver

3/10/2018

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I have always been fond of this perspective of downtown Denver: this is looking southeast on Speer Blvd, coming down out of the Highland neighborhood: