Re: Colorado BBQ Convoy

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 17:59:47 EDT


"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Wed, April 26, 2006 4:08 pm, Michael Maskalans said:

:> Colorado has a tollway too, I think 70 around Denver. I think they have a
:> non-EZPass ETC of some sort, but I'm relatively sure EZPass isn't accepted
:> there.

: It's the 470. Their pass is called "EXpressToll" and doesn't appear to offer
: a discount, just convenience. I just hit the calculator on their web site,
: and it tells me $23.25 for a one-way trip around the city with the trailer.
: That's just a little steep. That's an entire day of camping, or two and a
: half trips across the entire state of Ohio. It might be worthwhile waiting
: through downtown traffic, or even getting off the highway and driving surface
: routes for a while.

   Yep, Jim Ward gave us a warning about the 470, something along the
lines of "avoid at all costs" (or perhaps avoid or else it WILL cost) ;-)
There are some directions posted on http://meet.dakota-truck.net in the
travel info section from Jim, showing how to avoid the 470 and the
Denver traffic as well.

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