"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Wed, April 26, 2006 5:59 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net said:
:>
:> 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.
: Unfortunately, it seems that Jim assumed that we'll be coming in on I-70.
: Jim, any suggestions if we're coming across I-80, probably using I-76? How
: painful is it to just stay on I-76 right to I-25? I see on the map that this
: goes right through the downtown core, so I'm guessing it isn't pleasant.
: Any other way around this? I'm just looking at Mapquest here... for example,
: what's this highway 71 that runs from Brush to Limon? Any idea if it's a
: decent road, or gravel two-track? Mapquest tells me it's 75 miles, and
: estimates 1 hour and 44 minutes.
: Just curious if there's a better way.
Instead of taking 80, why not get off the 90 just before Cleveland
and head southwest on 71 to Columbus? You can pick up 70 there, and
just stay right on it through Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City.
Then follow Jim's directions to take 24 from Limon into Colorado Springs.
According to my map, going this route is actually 18 miles shorter
than taking 80/76 into Denver. This route would also allow you to
bypass all of the traffic & construction near Chicago, and another
plus is that it appears that you also avoid all of the toll roads!
The only tolls you'd have (besides the Peace Bridge on the way back
home) would be that little stretch of 90/190 between Canada and the
NY/PA border. I'll save the route on my computer here in case you'd
like to take a gander at it when you come down.
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