2004 Updates

23 December 2004

Colorado Highways:

Thanks to an update from Scott Thomas I added to the list of ramp meters in Colorado.

Added two photos to the signal gallery: Colorado Springs and Englewood, both from Drew Willsey.

Andy Field has changed the URL of his Wyoming Highways site, so I updated links throughout the site accordingly.

22 December 2004

Colorado Highways:

Did some info updating and general cleanup of the TRANs page.
Added a note to US 6 that at some point the section along North Ave in Grand Junction will be turned back.

5 December 2004

Colorado Highways:

Updated E-470 page due to the final ramps at Chambers Road opening.
A new major non-state roadway has opened: Central City Parkway. Added it to the Other Non-State Roadways page.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Added Central City Parkway to I-70 list.
Updated E-470 list with Chambers Road changes.

13 November 2004

Colorado Highways:

Update to info for SH 20 after some research at the Denver library.
I have now found there was once an SH 393, thanks to info from Thomas Zieber.
Updated SH 82 and US 160 due to recent completions of projects on them.
Update to TRANs page due to SH 82 widening being completed.
Uploaded updated Roadgeek Meet page with photos from our October get-together.

Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:

Two new interchanges have opened on US 52: 75th St NW and CR 46.

6 November 2004

Uploaded A Different Look at America's Red/Blue Divide, an opinion piece I put up prompted by commentary I heard from the recent election.

30 October 2004

Yes, I know I've been neglecting the website a bit, but I had a good reason!

Colorado Highways:

"Guide" info updates for US 50, SH 115, SH 120, US 285, SH 291 and SH 300, since I've recently been on sections of those highways I hadn't been before.
Updated Where I've Been page with roadtrips over the last couple months.
Updated SH 150 listing because Great Sand Dunes has change status from a national monument to national park.
Added a note to the city ranking numbers in the Trivia section, since Watkins is Colorado's newest municipality.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Minor updates to I-70 and I-25 lists.

Upper Midwest Freeway Exits:

Note from Adam Froehlig: The new CR 75 interchange on I-94 near St. Cloud opened.

3 October 2004

Wasn't planning any updates until November, but two major events that took me by surprise forced me:

Colorado Highways:

CDOT had a ceremony on Friday celebrating the completion of one of the 28 High Priority projects, widening of US 50 between Grand Junction and Delta. The final phase to widen a section north of Delta will be completed this month. Updated US 50 listing and TRANs page. The project was so far ahead of schedule I never even had a chance to note the project was nearing completion.
The north I-25 HOV lane extension from 58th Avenue to north of US 36 opens Monday morning. Updated I-25 page.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updated I-25 list due to new HOV entry points.

28 September 2004

Colorado Freeway Exits:

The new 136th Avenue interchange on I-25 has opened.

19 August 2004

Colorado Highways:

New Photos: US 40 (Steamboat and Rabbit Ears Pass), SH 5, SH 74, SH 82 (Independence Pass), and SH 103.
Updated the Guide sections of SH 5 and 103 due to a recent trip up Mount Evans.
Updated SH 12 listing due to its short extension on Trinidad recently opening.
Dale Sanderson pointed out I had the wrong street names listed for what US 50 uses through Grand Jct.
"Richard" pointed out I had Cortez incorrectly indentified as Durango in the US 160 listing.
Added a photo of an old-style "block" marker to the Route Markers page, courtesy Lary Brown.
Updated Where I've Been page since I've now been up Mount Evans.
Updated "How Marked" info to Spur US 491, courtesy a new page from Dale Sanderson (which I've linked to).
Added a new batch of rankings to the City Trivia page, this one listing the biggest non-Front Range cities in the state. Also expanded the discussion on the rankings.
Dale Sanderson pointed out I incorrectly had Main St. in Limon called 3rd St. several places around the site.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Updated south I-25 list due to Exit 14A permanently closing in Trinidad.

14 August 2004

Upper Midwest Exit Guides: All exit lists have been updated to the new format, the same that the Colorado lists were converted to in May. All lists also got info updates as needed. I also added a new exit list, I-535 in Duluth/Superior.

11 July 2004

Colorado Highways:

Biggest news here is a comprehensive redo of how I depict historical state route markers throughout the site. Thanks to Lary Brown and Michael Summa, I have a better idea of how route markers prior to the 1960s looked, and have done the appropriate updates.
Uploaded a new Route Markers page, which has info that was formerly on the History page. It includes the aforementioned new info, as well as an idea I have for a new state route marker.
Changed "average annual daily traffic" to "annual average daily traffic" throughout the site. I've been calling it the wrong thing all these years.
Update to Quickfacts page with new DUI law.
Update to Routt and Chaffee County info on County Road Numbering page.
Removed link to Cary Todd's Arizona site (he's taking the site down) and updated Northwest Parkway link (new URL) on Links page.
Linked SH routes to corresponding route on Steve Riner's New Mexico site.
Added note to SH 9 listing that it will be moving to Park Ave. in Breckenridge.
Updated guides for SH 3, SH 82 (Independence Pass), US 285 (Fairplay area), and SH 300 (better defined western end).
Updated Where I've Been page due to recent trips.

3 June 2004

Colorado Highways: Recent trip to Steamboat Springs, so I updated the guide to US 40 and my Where I've Been page.

28 May 2004

The biggest single update in months!

Colorado Highways:

Added a bunch of photos to the County Road Numbering page.
Minor info updates to I-25, US 34, US 36, SH 52, I-70, SH 109, and SH 227.
Major info updates to SH 45, SH 47 and SH 96.
Updated E-470 page to reflect the new Jamaica Street interchange.
Split up the state highway photo gallery because it was getting too large and unwieldy as a single page. Now it's split up by I-, US and SH routes.
New state highway photos: US 24 (east of Colo Spgs), I-25 (Pueblo), US 40-287 (Hugo), SH 45, SH 47, US 50 (Pueblo), SH 52, I-70 (Limon), SH 71, and SH 96.
New signal photos: Brush, Fort Morgan and Pueblo.

Colorado Freeway Exits:

New exit list for SH 47, since now that I've been on it I've discovered it's a full freeway for a good chunk of its length.
Updates to I-25 through Pueblo.
Minor update to I-70 eastern plains.
The Jamaica Street ramps on E-470 have opened.

21 May 2004

Colorado Highways:

After an e-mail exchange with Dale Sanderson, I changed the info for US 560, better reflecting the fact that it was not part of the final 1927 US Highway system.

14 May 2004

Colorado Highways:

Added link in SH 83 listing to Dale Sanderson's page on a historic alignment of it.
Updated the history of the state route marker on the History page, thanks to Lary Brown. Also threw in some pictures of Interstate markers.

1 May 2004

Colorado Freeway Exits:

Major format upgrade! All exit lists have been updated with a new format, emulating Jason Hancock's exit lists. All exit lists also got general info updates as needed, and river crossings are now listed.

Colorado Highways:

Updated Where I've Been page due to roadtrip today.

17 April 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Added a couple ramp meters on C-470 to the Ramp Meters page.

3 April 2004

Colorado Highways:: - New page on the T-REX bridge implosion last weekend, which didn't go as planned.

27 March 2004

Colorado Highways:: - New photos from David Herrera: I-25 (Pikes Peak), SH 142 and SH 150.
- Updated the history of US 6 in Clear Creek Canyon, thanks to a write-up sent to me by Juston Fariello. It also impacted the SH 182 listing.
- Minor updates to the County Road Numbering page, with info from Ben Kiene.

6 March 2004

Colorado Highways:: - New photos: SH 30, SH 119, and the Moffat Tunnel.
- Added a section, with photos, about Denver's official mile-high survey marker to the Trivia section.
- Updated the marker for the Buffalo Highway on the Motor Trails page, thanks to Kevin Griffith.

27 February 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Two new pages: Contracted Maintenance and County Numbering Systems.

23 February 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Due to recent traveling, added SH 91 to my list of clinched highways.
- Updated the Guide info for SH 91.

14 February 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Added links to external sites for US 6, US 40 and US 287.
- Added a note to the SH 7 listing that the CDOT is turning back the portion in north Boulder.

9 February 2004

Colorado Freeway Exits:: - The 19th Avenue interchange on I-25 has been permanently closed as part of a larger ramp reconstruction effort.

8 February 2004

Colorado Freeway Exits:: - The new Eagle-Vail interchange on I-70 has opened.
General:: - Updated the About This Site entry due to me upgrading my system and getting new software.

3 February 2004

Colorado Highways:: - General update to Scenic and Historic Byways page.
Colorado Freeway Exits:: - Update to I-25 and I-225 lists due to opening of new ramp in the interchange.

30 January 2004

Colorado Highways:: - New pictures, all from Dale Sanderson: US 24 (Eastern Plains), SH 40, SH 59, I-70 and BL I-70 (Burlington), and US 385.
- Minor info updates for US 24 and SH 63.
- Uploaded a photo example old-style US highway marker for the History page.
Colorado Freeway Exits:: - Minor updates on I-70 east, from Dale Sanderson.

25 January 2004

Change Colorado's Counties:: - Updated links to Dave Schul's site as necessary.
Midwest Freeways Exits:: - New URLs for Jason Hancock's site. Updated pages as necessary.
- Several additions and corrections from Adam Froehlig on the US 10 and MN 60 lists.

17 January 2004

Colorado Highways:: - New pictures, all courtesy Michael McMullen, who worked in CDOT Staff Bridge: I-25 (Yale and 38th), US 50 (Cañon City), SH 82 (Maroon Creek), and Glenwood Canyon.

16 January 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Added a new Where I've Been in Colorado page.

9 January 2004

Colorado Highways:: - Placed links as necessary throughout the site to Steve Riner's New Mexico Highways site. This was for US and Interstate highways, but Steve isn't yet done uploading state highways, so I held off on doing those.

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