2003 Updates
27 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New pictures: US 6
(Loveland Pass), SH 9 (Fairplay & Hoosier Pass), US 36 (at
I-25), US 285 (Fairplay to Denver), E-470 (north stack), and the
Northwest Parkway.
26 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updated the Ramp Meters
page due to the recently-installed meters several places on I-25
north of downtown.
23 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updated I-25 and TRANs
pages due to recent completion of the Mousetrap
reconstruction.
13 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Looking at the latest CDOT route log I saw most of SH
110 has been turned back, including the spur
connection.
- Updated the SH 119 listing
with the new alignment through Longmont that opened last week.
- SH 110 is now the shortest highway in the state, so I updated
the Trivia section.
9 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updated all of the Barebones route
listings with the new format, and got the info "synched up"
with what is in the main route listings.
- Update to the chain law portion of the Quickfacts
page, thanks to info sent to me by Dave Armbruster.
6 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updates to the PHA Tollways,
Denver's 470 Saga and E-470
pages with the opening of the Northwest Parkway.
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Updates to various exit lists with the opening of the
Northwest Parkway. Also removed the
HOV lanes from I-25 in T-REX since those are becoming general-use
lanes Monday.
- Sometime in the last year the cloverleaf at I-76
Exit 92 was modified to a partial cloverleaf. Changed the exit
list accordingly.
- Fixed some broken links on the title
page pointed out by Steve Hodanish. - Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Changed a couple things on the south
I-35 and east I-94 lists
after a recent trip back that way.
- Adam Froehlig mentioned construction has started on an
interchange at CSAH 46 on US
52.
5 December 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Major format update. I went through all pages of the
full route listings and cleaned up
the look and feel of the pages. Also, in my ongoing effort to be
more like Jason
Hancock I added counties the route goes through to the
information given about each route. Some routes got other minor
info updates.
1 November 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New pictures on US 36
and SH 36 from Dale Sanderson.
- Dale also pointed out a typo I had under SH
28: Heartstrong, not Heartsburg.
- Alan Alchian let me know about a couple of broken links on the
Glenwood Canyon Resources
page. - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - On the north I-25 list,
Barbour Ponds State Park has been renamed Saint Vrain State Park;
and there's a hard date for the opening of the Northwest Parkway,
November 24th.
- The Simms Street exit on Hampden
Avenue has opened.
25 October 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Noted that in the future SH
83 will be shifted onto Powers Boulevard in Colorado
Springs.
- Steve Riner informed me how SH
110 and Spur 110 are signed.
(Not very well.)
- Over at the Trivia and Tidbits pages I added a list of cities/towns
not served by state highways. - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Steve Riner sent me speed limit info for I-25
on the north side of Pueblo.
- Dacono has been added to the Erie exit on I-25.
21 October 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Added three more photos, submitted by Dale Sanderson, to the
"Roadgeek Meet" page.
19 October 2003
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Various updates to I-70 in the mountains, most minor, but
one major item is the new Post Blvd interchange in Avon.
- Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Rolled out the new route markers made from the FHWA font I
purchased. The update also includes images common to the Colorado
freeway exits such as speed limit signs.
12 October 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Confirmed from a recent field visit that there is indeed a
gap in US 85 in south Colorado Springs. There's even a "Begin City
Maintenance" sign. Upated US 85
listing accordingly.
- Added a few links to the Links
page.
4 October 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - What does $240 get you? Fonts that exactly resemble the FHWA
2000 alphabet. With the purchase of Page
Stuido Graphic's Highway Gothic 2002 fonts I am finally able
to make route markers that are as close as possible to the real
thing. Uploaded new versions of all the modern markers throughout
the Colorado Highways and Freeway Exits sites.
- Pictures, pictures, pictures! New photos
of SH 16, US 24 (Colo Spgs), I-25 (Colo Spgs and Denver), BL I-25,
SH 29, SH 83 (Colo Spgs), US 85 (Colo Spgs), SH 159, US 285, and a
Fountain signal picture. Some are from David Herrera.
- Updated SH 14 guide thanks to Mack
Hitch who straightened me out on whether it's Raymer or New Raymer
(New Raymer is right). - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Minor updates on central I-25 list.
29 September 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New page on the "roadgeek
get-together" of regular contributors to this site and/or
Colorado regulars on misc.transport.road.
20 September 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Thanks to a heads up from Brad Carsten, I've found out about
a new Scenic and Historic Byway:
Lariat Loop.
19 September 2003
Finally found some time for updates that have been several weeks
in the making:
- Colorado Highways:
- - On the Quickfacts page I
clarified the county numbering system in Boulder County courtesy
Brad Carsten.
- Expanded SH 5 info courtesy Jim
Adolphson.
- Quick notes for SH 83, SH 121, I-225 and SH 470 courtesy Jack
Unitt regarding how they are on Corps of Engineers land adjacent
to reservoirs.
- Added link on the I-70 page to
CDOT's Eisenhower Tunnel site.
- A flub caught by "Andy T": On the US
85 page I was referring to a rail line as a BNSF line even
though it's actually a UPRR line.
- Update to SH 88 history courtesy
Jack Unitt.
- I finally know how Spur SH 78
is marked courtesy Steve Riner.
- At the Glenwood Canyon site, I added a little more to the
History/Construction page
thanks to Joe Looper. - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Two updates on I-25: The
Bragdon interchange has been renamed (thanks to Steve Riner for
info) and updated the Nevada/Tejon listing in Colorado Springs due
to the recent completion of construction.
6 September 2003
- Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Prompted by the recent opening of an additional section of
US 20 freeway, Jason Hancock has taken over the exit lists for US
20 and I-35 in Iowa. My I-35 list now ends at the Iowa
border.
29 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - A ton of new photos!!!
Check out the new shots of US 6 (Federal/Bryant), SH 9, I-25 (Colo
Spgs & Larkspur), SH 35, US 36 (near I-25), US 40 (east of
Kremmling), I-70 (Vail & Havana St), SH 83 (at I-225), SH 93,
US 160, I-270, Grand County, and a Boulder signal picture. Some
are submitted by David Herrera.
26 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- Recently looked at the latest version of the CDOT online route
database and noted these changes:
- SH 3 has been extended so its
northern end returns to US 160-550.
- SH 35 had its northern end
clarified to "north of I-270" rather than at I-270.
- SH 75 had the milepost of its
end on Littleton Blvd modified slightly.
- BR US 85 Brighton has been
turned back in its entirety.
- SH 86's mileposting at its
western end was modified.
- SH 133 has some kind of business
route through Bowie.
- SH 470 had the milepost of
its end at US 6 modified.
16 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - A major milestone in the Turnpike Tangle reconstruction: The
connection of I-270 from EB
US 36 opened, so I updated numerous pages accordingly.
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Since they're part of the same continuous freeway now, I
combined US 36 and I-270 onto
the same exit list.
15 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New page with limited
information on the Colorado Tolling Enterprise.
9 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Brand-spankin' new photos
from Drew Willsey: I-70 (Grand Jct, mountains, foothills), US 285
(Lakewood), SH 470 (Morrison), and a signal photo from
Frisco.
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - University of Southern Colorado changed its name to Colorado
State University-Pueblo back in July. Changed the I-25
list accordingly.
6 August 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Brand new feature: Trivia
and Tidbits. Look here for all kinds of obscure facts related
to Colorado's highways and geography.
- Updated and consolidated the Links
page.
- Updated the Quickfacts page with
Colorado's new child booster and safety seat law.
- Due to lack of information, I had one photo
on I-25 at Walsenburg describing the wrong location. Thanks to
Matt Sellers for straightening me out.
18 July 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Update to the PHA Tollways
page about the upcoming opening of the Northwest Parkway. Also
updated the rest of the entry about the future of the rest of the
beltway.
- Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Updates to I-35 and
US 20 because of the recent
mass turnback of minor state routes in Iowa.
14 July 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Minor update to history of SH
66, courtesy Ed Breed.
- Update to SH 109 history in La
Junta, courtesy Dan Chrisner.
12 July 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New photos from Russel
Kroll: US 24, I-25, BL I-25, SH 29 and SH 83, all from in and
around Colorado Springs.
- Updated the E-470 page thanks to
some spelling and factual errors pointed out by "Feringy".
4 July 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Thanks to a head's up (in the form of a photo) from Steve
Riner, I learned that signing for the US 666 to 491 change became
effective July 1st. Updated everything in the site
accordingly.
29 June 2003
- Bonus Page:
- - Put up a couple of pictures from the March blizzard.
- Colorado Highways:
- - Brand-spankin' new photos:
US 6 (Golden), I-25 (Logan bridge), I-70 (elevated), and SH
470.
23 June 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - New photo on SH 402,
from Chuck Doolittle.
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Update from Steve Riner: US 85 is now signed at the Fountain
exit on I-25. Updated the
list.
17 June 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updated the entry about the longest US Highways in the state
on the Facts page, spurred on by a
recent e-mail from Dale Sanderson.
- Added a link to Jesse Whidden's Nebraska Highways site to the
Links page.
- Updated the Milepost Guides for several of the freeways in the
state with the actual milepost data. Before I was linking them to
the Exit Guide for the route. - Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Another update from Adam Froehlig: The 14th St NW
interchange on US 52 has closed.
Updated the list.
7 June 2003
- Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - Doh! The new right exit to I-225 from I-25 opened yesterday,
and I forgot to update the exit
lists last night. Now they have been.
6 June 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Update to the Renumbering US
666 page. AASHTO recently approved changing it to US 491.
- Added some more "new" old photos
from my album. For whatever reason I passed them over the first
time around. Includes pictures from I-25 around I-225, US 34, SH
224, US 287, SH 392, and E-470.
- On the History page uploaded a
real photo, rather than a cartoon drawing, of the old "COLO" route
marker, due to receiving a picture from Steve Riner.
31 May 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Added some "new" old photos,
from Mike Balllard, which he sent me in 1998. For whatever reason
I passed them over the first time I uploaded his pictures.
Includes pictures from I-25 around Trinidad, Walsenbug, Pueblo and
Denver, and one from US 287 up near Wyoming.
24 May 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Two new photos: US 50 at
I-25 and an old-style SH 96 marker. Both from Steve Riner.
- Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - According to Steve Riner's site, MN 42 is now signed at the
I-90 exit. Updated the list.
- Numerous miscellaneous updates from Adam Froehlig: I-90 around
Austin, I-35 south of the Twin Cities, I-94 around Saint Cloud, US
10, US 14, and US 52.
13 May 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Continued rescanning some pictures
from 1997-1999 to improve their quality. Includes photos from SH
119, SH 256, SH 257, I-270, US 287, E-470, Peña Boulevard,
Denver, Fort Collins, Longmont, Loveland, and multiple signal
photos.
- Oops. I had Ferncliff spelled "Ferncliffe" several places around
the site. Thanks to Ken Kvols for the correction.
10 May 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Uploaded some rescans of pictures
from 1997-1999 to improve their quality. Includes photos from SH
2, US 6, SH 14, SH 18, I-25, US 34, SH 35, US 40, SH 56, SH 68,
I-70, SH 74, SH 83, US 85 and US 87.
28 April 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Rearranged the look of the table of contents on the
title page.
- Split up and updated interchange
names and ramp meters, which
previously had been on a shared page.
- Uploaded a page that has a Rocky
Mountain News editorial saying good things about T-REX.
- Uploaded a new page for the likely change
of US 666.
19 April 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Updated the AADT data for every route from 1996 to 2000.
Shoulda done it two years ago but only just now kicked myself
enough to do it.
15 April 2003
- Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Updates to the I-35 and
US 20 lists in Iowa courtesy
updates from Jason Hancock and Jeff Morrison.
10 April 2003
Updated title page with new look and
About page because I recently moved.
2 March 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Check out the new pictures
of E-470, SH 40, SH 79, US 85 and SH 88. Also a new signal picture
for Fort Lupton.
1 March 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Update to US 40 history,
provided by Richie Kennedy.
- Update to US 666 talking
about a potential number change to it, thanks to a Kevin Flynn
article. - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - New permanent westbound I-270
exits at I-76 have opened.
- Also updated a bunch of the Colorado and Upper Midwest exit
lists with the new, nifty sign graphics for intersections.
15 February 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - Major change in presentation: All photos that were shown
"inline" in the route listings have
been removed and replaced with links. This was done to reduce load
time on the pages and make them shorter in length. Also decreases
the amount of my bandwidth usage. One of the results of this was
dumping the "solo route pages" I had for SH 14, US 24 and SH 82,
since the only reason they were on solo route pages to begin with
was having several photos.
- Minor update to the Links page,
because CDOT changed some of their URLs, and I added a link t
Kevin Flynn's Rocky Mountain News transportation column.
- New photos of US 50 from Marty
Blaise.
- New route listing for Wyoming
70, since it is a state-maintained highway in Colorado (but
maintained by WyDOT).
- New links to several of Dale Sanderson's sites, specifically for
US 6 and I-70. - Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:
- - Updates to US 52, thanks
to Adam Froehlig. Includes some niftier graphics for
intersections.
24 January 2003
- Minor house-keeping update:
- - Steve Riner changed the URL for his Highways of Minnesota
site, so had to change that a few places.
- Added links to Monte Castleman's new North Star Highways
site.
4 January 2003
- Colorado Highways:
- - The last, final segment of E-470
opened from US 85 up to I-25, and tolls went up. Updated necessary
pages.
- Reworked non-state roadways by creating a PHA
Tollways page and Other Roadways
page.
- Updated SH 47 listing thanks to
clarification from Steve Riner.
- He also mentioned El Paso County doesn't have a numbered county
route system. Updated Facts
page. - Colorado Freeway Exits:
- - With the opening of E-470 I
had to update all the affected lists.
- CDOT raised the speed limit on I-25
north of Castle Rock.
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