Talk:U.S. Route 6 in Colorado

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What's part of the route and what's a spur?

The following segments are listed:

6A-6C, I-70 exit 11 to I-70 exit 44 (split by I-70 Bus. in Grand Junction)
6M, overpass east of I-70 exit 62 to CR 215 near I-70 exit 75
6L, I-70 exit 87 to SH 13 north west of I-70 exit 90
6D, SH 13 south near I-70 exit 90 to I-70 exit 109
6K, west for 0.338 mi from SH 82 near I-70 exit 116 (mileposts reset)
6E, I-70 exit 140 to I-70 exit 171
6F, I-70 exit 205 to I-70 exit 216
6G, I-70 exit 244 to I-25 exit 209B
6H, I-70 exit 276A to I-76 exit 9
6I, I-76 exit 64 to I-76 exit 66A
6J, I-76 exit 92 to Nebraska
6Z, westbound in Sterling (mileposts reset)

It looks like all but 6K and 6M are part of the through route. [1] calls 6K a spur, and that site doesn't mention 6M at all. --NE2 08:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The major intersection table appears to be inaccurate for the 6A section. According to CDOT (previous editor's link), 6A begins at MP 11.080 and continues to 26.080, where it rejoins I-70, which suggests that the exit numbers for the intersections should be removed and the I-70 east intersection is actually the west end of the overlap; it looks to me like the start of 6B, at MP 30.123, is omitted. --Jdot42 (talk) 03:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the old road?

West of exit 11

Still exists

Exit 44 to exit 87

Starts out mostly under I-70; obviously used the parking area east of exit 49; under I-70 east at the split; south frontage road after the split, gradually crossing to the north frontage road in the mile west of exit 62; part of this is still state maintained as 6M; stays south of I-70 where 6M crosses to the north west of exit 75; crosses over west of Russey Avenue onto First Street, crossing again at exit 75; disappears under I-70 east at the curve east of the underpass taking through traffic under I-70; separates onto the south frontage road somewhere west of exit 81; not clear where it went from there to exit 87, but it used CR 264, Second Street, and Third Street into Rifle

Exit 109 to exit 140

Stayed just north of the railroad west of exit 109, and then generally covered by I-70 (under the westbound lanes where they split); enters the north frontage road at Storm King Road west of exit 114; remains separate until the dead end east of exit 116; short section curving with the river west of and at exit 129; under I-70 east where they split; stayed on the north side of the river east of exit 125; was about halfway between I-70 and the river east of exit 129; used Colorado River Road (north frontage road) from its dead end, with minor realignments west of and at exit 133 (west half); covered by I-70 (at times, either direction or the south frontage road; the latter near the east end) from exit 133 (east half) to exit 140

Exit 171 to exit 205

Not sure west of exit 180; at exit 180 it left the eastbound lanes to the south frontage road; appears to have stayed on Bighorn Road, looping over Gore Creek and then under I-70 for a bit, then to the north (remaining east of Black Gore Creek); went under I-70 after the westbound runaway truck ramp; left onto the south frontage road where it begins, until just west of exit 190; went mainly under westbound I-70 to the east end of the major split, then eastbound to near exit 195; then mostly covered by both directions, though with more curves (but not using the south frontage road) to exit 201; probably went through Frisco and definitely on Dillon Dam Road

Exit 216 to exit 244

Curved into where I-70 now is at the last hairpin west of exit 216; generally under I-70 with more curves; used Hermon Gulch Road; probably did not use the south frontage road; used Water Street from just east of the underpass to exit 226; used hairpins to Loop Drive ([2]), then used Argentine Street to just east of 22nd Street, and then probably under I-70 to exit 232, using the north frontage road there, and staying to the north, crossing to the south at exit 233, then back to the north west of exit 234; probably under I-70 east of exit 235; used I-70 Bus., then probably on the south frontage road for a bit, crossing to the north of Clear Creek west of the tunnel, and to the south again at the tunnel?; under I-70 from exit 243

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