2005 Updates

31 December 2005

Colorado Highways:

Updated the SH 9 listing now that SH 9 through Breckenridge has been rerouted onto Park Ave.
Changed the SH 68 listing to "turned back" now that it now longer appears in the CDOT route log.
Minor update to US 85 milepost info around Castle Rock.
Update to the SH 119 length/milepost info now that the CDOT data takes the Longmont bypass into account.

Substantial update to the E-470 page and Northwest Parkway info due to the toll increases on the highways tomorrow.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updates to the E-470 and Northwest Parkway lists due to the toll increases. Also had to update toll info shown on intersecting route lists.
Removed SH 68 from the I-25 exit list.
Fooled around with the Peña Blvd exit list, revising the way I show the options as one approaches the DIA terminal. Also had to update the listing of which airlines go with which terminal, as the one I had up was woefully out of date. Several airlines no longer exist and other ones now fly into DIA. (There's a "Hooters Air"?!?)

26 December 2005

Only a few housekeeping updates:

Colorado Highways:

Updated the US 24 info to reflect it is now expressway northeast of Colorado Springs to Garrett Rd.
Updated the US 85 info to reflect it is now expressway from Highlands Ranch south to Titan Rd.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Aurora Mall is now Town Center at Aurora, so I had to update the I-225 list.

1 December 2005

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updated the I-25 list with the opening of the new flyover from SB I-25 to EB I-270.
Slight change to the speed limits on I-25 in south Pueblo thanks to info from Steve Riner.

Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:

Update to the south I-35 list, since Iowa has raised its speed limit to 70 and Prior Lake is listed at Exit 84. Also added a couple other secondary items.
Slight changes to the WI 29 and north US 53 lists with info from Chris Bessert.

5 November 2005

Upper Midwest Freeway Exits: Major changes to all the lists that go through Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls. The WI 29 freeway bypass of Chippewa Falls is now open, so updated the list and extended it from WI 124 to I-94. The US 53 list had to be updated accordingly, and also I revised the exit numbers to the new "Bypass 53" section. Minor updates to the I-94 list west of Eau Claire. Thanks to Derek Hagen for exit numbers along WI 29/Bypass 53 and Chris Bessert for other important info.

1 November 2005

New car! I put up a picture of my new Subaru on the About This Site page.
Colorado Highways:

Multiple updates to the TRANs page regarding project statuses.
Update to the County Numbering page with new info for Summit County and new marker photos for Alamosa, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.
Thomas Zieber provided two photos of the historic route of SH 114 over Cochetopa Pass.
Other new photos: US 285 from Monte Vista north, and SH 318 (from Dale Sanderson).
New signal photos: Examples of CDOT spec signals and another one from Pueblo, all from Jay Bernard.

8 October 2005

Colorado Highways:

Brad Carsten pointed out I neglected to mention Jefferson County in the list of counties US 36 goes through.
Dale Sanderson reported that sometime in 2004 the highway SH 41 connects to in Utah changed from UT 262 to UT 162.
Updated guide info for US 287 north of Lamar.
Updated info for how Spur 196 is marked.
Updated Scenic and Historic Byways page with the recent extensions to the Mount Evans Byway (east to Bergen Park) and the Silver Thread (Lake City north to US 50).

8 September 2005

Colorado Highways: Update to the Where I've Been page, after a trip with family through southeast Colorado.

25 August 2005

Colorado Highways:

Added a paragraph to the I-70 page about the history of I-70 over Vail Pass.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Change on I-25 in Denver: The 23rd Ave exit now also serves 20th Ave, thanks to a new connector road.

21 August 2005

Colorado Highways:

Two new US 50 photos from Steve Riner: The truck route in Lamar, and Granada.

6 August 2005

Colorado Highways:

Updated the SH 86 listing with the info that it will be rerouted onto Founders Pkwy as soon as its reconstructed.
Added historical on SH 96 regarding Pueblo Reservoir from Ryan Schilling.
Updated E-470 page regarding info about the ExpressToll transponders.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Ocean Journey has been renamed Downtown Aquarium. Updated the I-25 list accordingly.

1 August 2005

Colorado Highways: Finally have gotten all the info and most of the photos from my southwest Colorado trip last month uploaded.

Major info updates in the route listings for: SH 3, US 6, US 50, I-70, BL 70, US 160, US 285, SH 347 and US 550.
Noted on the SH 110 listing that it is an unsigned highway.
Spun off a new page called Other Auxiliary Routes. On it are info for newly-discovered routes To 13 and Truck 50. Also on the page is Old 133, which I previously called Business 133.
Major update to the County Numbering page. Added info and/or marker photos for Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Delta, Las Animas, Mesa, Otero, Ouray, Prowers, Rio Grande, Saguache and San Juan counties.
New state highway pictures: SH 13, US 24 (east of Hartsel), US 50 (GJ-Montrose), I-70 (west of Glenwood), BL 70 (GJ), US 160 and US 550.
New signal photos: Durango, Grand Junction and Rifle.

18 July 2005

Colorado Highways:

The first of many updates due to a recent tour of southwestern Colorado: Updated Where I've Been page.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Major update to I-70 list from Fruita to Glenwood Springs.

4 July 2005

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Added a note to the Northwest Parkway exit list about the new Sheriden Blvd interchange opening later this year.

Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:

Major update to the US 53 Northern Wisconsin exit list, all because a new portion of the Eau Claire bypass opened a couple weeks ago.

29 June 2005

Colorado Highways:

Updated guide info for SH 9 (south of Fairplay) and US 24 (east of Antero Junction).
On the County Numbering page updated info for Teller County and added marker photos for Arapahoe, Larimer and Weld counties.
New pictures! US 6 (Wiggins), US 24 (Limon), US 34 (east of Kersey), Spur 34, I-76 and US 285 (south of Poncha Pass). The 285 pics come from David Herrera.

23 June 2005

Colorado Highways: A couple weeks ago I ran across a CDOT-produced 2003 NHS map on the CDOT website. This included several major changes to the state NHS network compared to the 2001 FHWA map I was referencing previously. The State NHS and Non-State NHS pages have been updated along with the affected route listings. Among the major changes:

SH 16/Mesa Ridge Pkwy in Fountain are now NHS routes.
US 24 is now NHS from I-25 to Powers Blvd in Colorado Springs.
SH 47 is the NHS route eastward from I-25 in Pueblo rather than US 50.
SH 71 is now NHS from Limon all the way to Nebraska.
Peña Blvd is NHS all the way to Denver International Airport, rather than stopping at E-470.
Northwest Parkway is an NHS route.

20 June 2005

Upper Midwest Exit Lists:

Removed the link to the Michigan exit lists site since it is no longer online.
Removed WI 85 from from the WI 37 exit on I-94 at Eau Claire, since the signs now show only WI 37.
Added BL 35 to the MN 21 exit on I-35 at Faribault, since the signs show that.
Added CTH NN to the Stanley exit on WI 29 since the signs show that.

30 May 2005

Colorado Highways:

Updated all route listings with the most recent 2004 traffic numbers.
Spun off US 24, US 50 and I-76 onto their own solo route pages.
Added a link to Dale Sanderson's page about route markers in and around Estes Park to the US 34, US 36 and BR 34 listings.
Updated guide info for US 34 (east of Kersey), SH 39 and SH 144.
Changed the name of New Raymer to Raymer on the SH 14 listing, and added a paragraph as to why I think that should be the correct thing to call it.
Added a date to the history sections of US 50 and US 287 that I think the 50/287 interchange was put in (1988).
Removed Cheney Center as one of the towns SH 89 goes through. It seems to not exist anymore so moved the mention of it to the history section for SH 89.
Added Mountain Village to the list of towns SH 145 goes through.
Updated Spur 34 info on how it is marked out in the field.
Updated Where I've Been page with recent trips to the northeast.
Updated Non-State NHS road listings.

10 May 2005

Colorado Highways:

I recently downloaded CDOT's traffic data compilation for 2004. Updated the section on busiest and lonliest highways in the state in the Trivia section.

7 May 2005

Colorado Highways:

Added US 50 through Pueblo West to the minimum speed limits list on the Quickfacts page.
Added historic info regarding North La Veta Pass to the US 160 listing.

Midwest Freeway Exits:

Update to US 52 in the Canon Falls area from Neil Severson.

26 April 2005

Colorado Highways:

Grade and elevation info appeared on the 2004 for Coal Bank and Wolf Creek passes. Updated the US 160 and US 550 info.
Added links to COSMIX and DenverGasPrices.com to the Links page.
Added info to I-25 about its naming as the JFK Memorial Highway.

21 April 2005

Colorado Highways:

Minor info updates to the histories of SH 71 and US 160. (160 info from Heather Baures)
Another weekend roadtrip, this time out toward Limon. Updated Where I've Been page.

Midwest Freeway Exits:

Update to US 52 Rochester info from Neil Severson.

12 April 2005

Colorado Highways:

As Homer Simpson says: DOH! After 8 years of having this site up I finally realized I-76 has its end at I-70 in Arvada, not Wheat Ridge. Updated the I-76 info accordingly.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Added a nifty CSP/511 info graphic to all the exit list that have a border crossing into Colorado. Also put it on the index page.

Midwest Freeway Exits:

Scott Kuznicki made a post to misc.transport.road way back in December about exit numbers on US 52 in Rochester, and I finally got around to putting that info into action.

10 April 2005

Thanks to a snowstorm shutting me in I have a chance to catch up on the backlog:

Colorado Highways:

Updated guide info for SH 131 and SH 134 due to taking a trip on them.
Updated Where I've Been page because I took the long way home from a recent ski outing.
Added scenic byway marker to the Markers page.
Updated marker info for Eagle and Grand counties on the County Road Numbering page.
Introducing a new photo feature: Michael Summa's Classic Colorado Collection. Michael has sent me numerous photos he took around the state in the 1970s and '80s and I've compiled them there. Lots of cool old signs!

24 March 2005

Colorado Highways:

Updated SH 68 info due to it now being in the process of being turned back.
New info and/or marker photos on the County Numbering page for Chaffee, Fremont, Gilpin and Lake counties.
Pictures!!!! New pictures for US 6 (Clear Creek & Denver), SH 12, US 24 (Leadville-Buena Vista), US 50 Poncha Spgs-Salida), SH 72, SH 91, SH 115, SH 119 (Clear Creek), and SH 159.
New signal photos of signals in Buena Vista and Cañon City.
New photos for Central City Parkway.

15 March 2005

Colorado Highways:

I finally came across a map of the proposed Front Range Toll Road in this Sunday's Denver Post. Updated the Others Roads page with the map and a little more info.

27 February 2005

Colorado Highways:

Ben Kiene has reported US 6 is now co-marked with I-76 from Exit 9 to 12.
Updated SH 470 info due to a new ramp opening at the I-70 interchange.
Heather Baures pointed out that I didn't mention Coal Bank Pass in my listing of US 550 passes. And no wonder: It's not on the CDOT map!
Heather also discovered 1959 is the year SH 789 switched from using US 550 to US 666 south into New Mexico.
Revamped what I say about the I-70 interchange on the E-470 page due to construction starting there.
Added info about Ouray County (from Karl Williamson) and Fremont County to County Numbering page.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updated SH 470 and I-70 lists with the ramp opening at that interchange.
Updated Peña Blvd list due to some things around the Gun Club exit changing.

6 February 2005

Colorado Highways:

Update to Other Roads page regarding the Front Range Toll Road, thanks to the article pointed out to me by Tim Fox and Martin Garcia.
Major update to CTE Tollways page with latest study results on feasible toll roads.
Karl Williamson noted that I-70 east of Idaho Springs was completed by 1961, not 1970.
Karl also mentioned Spur 128 was probably done away with in the '80s or '90s.
Renamed the Links page to the Links and Resources page, adding a list of interesting books to it plus FHWA links.

12 January 2005

Colorado Highways:

Added some stuff on minimum speed limits and misc info on chain laws to the QuickFacts page.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

The City of Lakewood for whatever reason renamed Indiana Street to Colorado Mills Denver West Boulevard. Updated the I-70 and US 6 lists accordingly.

8 January 2005

Colorado Highways:

Karl Williamson sent me some historical info about how US 24 was treated west of Minturn as I-70 was being built. Updated the history discussion for US 24.
Updated BL 70 listing for Palisade to reflect new info from Dale Sanderson, mainly that he couldn't determine where its western end was.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updated I-70 exits at Palisade to reflect Dale's info.

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