Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)
Route information | |||
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Length | 187.29 mi[1][2] (301.41 km) | ||
Existed | 1975–present | ||
NHS | Entire route | ||
Major junctions | |||
West end | I-70 in Arvada, CO | ||
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East end | I-80 near Big Springs, NE | ||
Location | |||
Country | United States | ||
States | Colorado, Nebraska | ||
Counties | CO: Jefferson, Adams, Weld, Morgan, Washington, Logan, Sedgwick NE: Deuel | ||
Highway system | |||
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Interstate 76 (I-76) is an east–west
The section of I-76 from its western terminus at I-70 to the SH 71 interchange near Brush, Colorado is designated as part of the Heartland Expressway, a planned series of multi-lane highways connecting Denver and Rapid City, South Dakota.[3][4]
Route description
mi | km
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CO | 184.14 | 296.34 |
NE | 3.15 | 5.07 |
Total | 187.29 | 301.41 |
Colorado
I-76 begins at an interchange with I-70 in Arvada. From I-70, the freeway heads east to an exit at State Highway 95 (SH 95), known as Sheridan Boulevard. The route heads northeastward across US 287, known as Federal Boulevard, to an interchange with I-25. Running roughly parallel to nearby Clear Creek, I-76 meets another interchange, with I-270 in North Washington, Colorado, where Clear Creek joins the South Platte River, which is crossed by I-76. After an interchange at SH 224, I-76 joins US 85 and US 6 at Brighton Boulevard. Past Derby, US 85 veers away from I-76 after 96th Avenue. The combined routes of US 6 and I-76 head northeastward, crossing SH 2 south, named Sable Boulevard, before meeting an exit at E-470, a toll road. Past E-470, the freeway exits the Denver metropolitan area.
Passing just west of
The freeway heads east toward
I-76 continues parallel to the South Platte River, surrounded by farms to the northwest and plains to the southeast. Northwest of the river is US 138, which serves several towns bypassed by the freeway. I-76 has an exit at SH 55 which serves the town of Crook. With farms on the south part of the freeway as well, I-76 enters Sedgwick County, crossing SH 59 which heads to Sedgwick. The freeway then veers eastward before turning back northeast toward Julesburg. I-76 comes to an exit at US 385, which heads northwest to Julesburg. I-76 then heads northeast to the Nebraska state line.[5][6]
Nebraska
In Nebraska, I-76 stretches just over three miles (4.8 km). It is signed as a north–south direction as opposed to the east–west designation in Colorado. Its entire route is located in Deuel County, parallel to the South Platte River and US 138. Its only interchange is at I-80, formerly numbered exit 102 based on I-80's mileage, now renumbered as exit 3 based on I-76's mileage.
History
Until 1974, both the segment of I-76 in Colorado and Nebraska and a portion of
I-76 was conceived in August 1958. The Colorado portion was planned and built first. In December 1969, the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) worked together with the Colorado Department of Highways to open a three-mile-long (4.8 km) route connecting I-80 with the rest of I-80S in Colorado.[1] The original western terminus of I-76 was at I-25, as planned. The western extension to I-70 was built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. By its completion in November 2002, the total cost was about $45.5 million (equivalent to $73.7 million in 2023[10]).[1]
In 1968, I-25 and
Beginning in 1990, six additional miles (9.7 km) were planned and constructed west of I-25. By October 2002, all of I-76 was open, and the highway reached its current western terminus at I-70 in Arvada.[1]
Exit list
State | County | Location | mi[6][2] | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Colorado | Jefferson | Arvada | 0.000– 0.538 | 0.000– 0.866 | I-70 west – Grand Junction | Western terminus; I-70 exit 269B. No access to I-70 east | ||
0.000 | 0.000 | 1A | SH 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
Jefferson–Adams county line | Arvada–Berkley line | 1.768 | 2.845 | 1B | SH 95 (Sheridan Boulevard) | |||
Adams | Berkley | 3.223 | 5.187 | 3 | US 287 (Federal Boulevard) | |||
Berkley–North Washington line | 4.210 | 6.775 | 4 | Pecos Street | ||||
US 87) – Fort Collins, Colorado Springs | Westbound access to I-25 north is via exit 6B; I-25 exits 216A-B | |||||||
6.803 | 10.948 | 6 | I-270 east (US 36 east) to I-70 east – Limon, Aurora | Serves Denver International Airport | ||||
6.803 | 10.948 | I-270 west to US 36 – Fort Collins, Boulder | Westbound exit and entrance only; I-270 exit 1 | |||||
Adams City | 8.052 | 12.958 | 8 | SH 224 (74th Avenue) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
| 9.483 | 15.261 | 9 | US 6 west / US 85 south – Commerce City | Western end of US 6 / US 85 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 10.466 | 16.843 | 10 | 88th Avenue | ||||
| 11.549 | 18.586 | 11 | 96th Avenue | ||||
| 12.502 | 20.120 | 12 | US 85 north – Greeley | Eastern end of US 85 overlap; no eastbound entrance | |||
Brighton | 16.477 | 26.517 | 16 | Sable Boulevard to E-470 north / 120th Avenue – Fort Collins | ||||
18.079 | 29.095 | 18 | E-470 south to I-70 east – Limon, Colorado Springs | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; E-470 exit 35 | ||||
19.723 | 31.741 | 20 | 136th Avenue | |||||
21.081 | 33.927 | 21 | Eagle Boulevard | |||||
22.407 | 36.061 | 22 | Bromley Lane | |||||
Adams–Weld county line | Lochbuie | 25.145 | 40.467 | 25 | SH 7 west – Lochbuie, Brighton | |||
Weld | Hudson | 31.480 | 50.662 | 31 | SH 52 – Hudson, Fort Lupton, Boulder | |||
34.412 | 55.381 | 34 | Kersey Road | |||||
Keenesburg | 38.925 | 62.644 | 39 | Keenesburg | ||||
Roggen | 47.972 | 77.203 | 48 | Roggen | ||||
| 49.236 | 79.238 | 49 | Painter Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 57.219 | 92.085 | 57 | County Road 91 | ||||
| 61.828 | 99.503 | 60 | To SH 144 east – Orchard | ||||
Morgan | | 63.883 | 102.810 | 64 | Wiggins (US 6 east) | Eastern end of US 6 overlap;[11] eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 66.099– 66.288 | 106.376– 106.680 | 66A | SH 39 / SH 52 (US 6 west) – Goodrich, Wiggins, Jackson Lake State Park | Western end of US 6 and SH 52 overlaps[11] | |||
| 66B | US 34 west – Greeley, Estes Park | Western end of US 34 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance only | |||||
| 73.130 | 117.691 | 73 | Long Bridge Road | ||||
| 75.280 | 121.151 | 75 | Western terminus of I-76 BL; eastern end of US 34/SH 52 overlap | ||||
| 78.852 | 126.900 | 79 | SH 144 – Weldona, Log Lane Village | ||||
New Raymer | ||||||||
81.648 | 131.400 | 82 | Barlow Road – Morgan Community College | |||||
| 85.713 | 137.942 | 86 | Dodd Bridge Road | ||||
| 88.695 | 142.741 | 89 | Hospital Road | ||||
| 89.643 | 144.266 | 90 | SH 71 – Brush, Snyder | ||||
| 91.693 | 147.566 | 92 | Eastern end of US 6 overlap; access to US 34 via unsigned US 34 Spur (I-76 BL west) | ||||
| 95.382 | 153.502 | 95 | Hillrose | ||||
Washington | | 102.086 | 164.291 | 102 | Merino | |||
Sterling | 124.756 | 200.775 | 125 | US 6 – Sterling, Holyoke, Northeastern Junior College, North Sterling State Park | ||||
| 133.511 | 214.865 | 134 | Iliff | ||||
| 140.846 | 226.670 | 141 | Proctor | ||||
| 148.880 | 239.599 | 149 | SH 55 – Crook | ||||
| 155.288 | 249.912 | 155 | Red Lion Road | ||||
Sedgwick | | 164.933 | 265.434 | 165 | SH 59 – Haxtun, Sedgwick | |||
| 172.017 | 276.835 | 172 | Ovid | ||||
Julesburg | 180.221 | 290.038 | 180 | US 385 – Julesburg | ||||
184.14 0.00 | 296.34 0.00 | Colorado–Nebraska line Cardinal direction change: Colorado segment (west–east) / Nebraska segment (north–south) | ||||||
Nebraska | Deuel | | 2.07 | 3.33 | 102 | 3 | I-80 west – Sidney | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; old exit number was based on I-80 mileage; I-80 exit 102 |
| 3.15 | 5.07 | I-80 east – Omaha | Eastern terminus; I-80 exit 102 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Business routes
Keenesburg
Location | Keenesburg, Colorado |
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Length | 0.47 mi[12] (760 m) |
Interstate 76 Business (I-76 Bus) is an unsigned business spur that connects Keenesburg, Colorado, in Weld County to the Interstate. Inventoried by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the 0.5-mile (0.80 km) route begins at the I-76 frontage road (County Road 398) within the town limits and heads north as Market Street. The route terminates north of I-76 exit 39.[13]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Keenesburg, Weld County.
mi[12] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.472 | 0.760 | County Road 398 | Southern terminus; former US 6 / SH 2; road continues as Market Street | ||
0.181 | 0.291 | I-76 (US 6) | I-76 exit 39 | ||
0.000 | 0.000 | Road 18 | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Fort Morgan–Sterling
Location | Fort Morgan–Sterling, Colorado |
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Length | 52.31 mi (84.18 km) |
Interstate 76 Business (I-76 Bus) is a business route of I-76 serving
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Morgan | | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-76 (US 6) / US 34 west (SH 52 west) | Western terminus; western end of US 34/SH 52 concurrency; I-76 exit 75 |
Fort Morgan | 4.4 | 7.1 | SH 52 east (Main Street) to I-76 | Eastern end of SH 52 concurrency | |
Brush | 14.5 | 23.3 | SH 71 north (Colorado Street) to I-76 | Western end of SH 71 concurrency | |
| 16.0 | 25.7 | SH 71 south – Last Chance, Limon | Eastern end of SH 71 concurrency | |
| 16.41 | 26.41 | US 34 east – Akron US 34 Spur begins | Eastern end of US 34 concurrency; western end of unsigned US 34 Spur concurrency | |
| 17.31 | 27.86 | US 34 Spur ends Denver | Eastern end of US 34 Spur concurrency; western end of US 6 concurrency; I-76 exit 92 | |
Washington | | 28.87 | 46.46 | County Road Q to I-76 | |
Logan | Atwood | 43.91 | 70.67 | SH 63 south – Akron | Northern terminus of SH 63 |
Sterling | 50.02 | 80.50 | US 138 east (3rd Street north) / SH 14 west (Chestnut Street west) – Julesburg, Fort Collins | Western terminus of US 138; eastern terminus of SH 14 | |
50.92 | 81.95 | Front Street | Interchange; no westbound entrance | ||
52.31 | 84.18 | US 6 east / I-76 | Eastern terminus; eastern end of US 6 concurrency; I-76 exit 125; highway continues as US 6 east | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g Colorado Department of Transportation (2006). "The History of I-76 in Colorado". Colorado Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
- ^ a b "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. p. 190. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "Heartland Expressway". Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ "Corridor Completion Status - Heartland Expressway". Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Microsoft; Nokia (March 3, 2011). "I-76 in Colorado" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ a b "Highway 76A between 0 and 184.135". CDOT Online Transportation Information System. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (June 25, 1974). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 8. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Highways will have new number designations". Columbus Telegram. Associated Press. November 19, 1974. p. 21. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Gross Domestic Product deflatorfigures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ a b "Highway 006I between 343.519 and 346.697". CDOT Online Transportation Information System. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Highway 076B between 0 and 0.472". CDOT Online Transportation Information System. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ "Interstate Business Route 76". interstate-guide.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.