Interstate 25 in Colorado
Interstate 25 and U.S. Route 87 | |||||||
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I-25 and US 87 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Maintained by CDOT | |||||||
| Length | 298.87 mi[1] (480.98 km) | ||||||
| Major junctions | |||||||
| South end |    I-25 / US 85 / US 87 near Trinidad | ||||||
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| North end | I-25 / US 87 near Wellington | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Counties | Las Animas, Huerfano, Pueblo, El Paso, Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver, Adams, Broomfield, Weld, Larimer | ||||||
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Colorado State Highways
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In the U.S. state of Colorado, Interstate 25 (I-25) follows the north–south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. The highway enters the state from the north near Carr and exits the state near Starkville. The highway also runs through the cities of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Pueblo. The route is concurrent with U.S. Highway 87 through the entire length of the state. I-25 replaced U.S. Highway 87 and most of U.S. Highway 85 for through traffic.
Historical nicknames for this route have included the Valley Highway (through Denver), Monument Valley Highway (through Colorado Springs), and the Pueblo Freeway (through Pueblo). Within El Paso County, the route has been dedicated as the Ronald Reagan Highway.[2][3] In Pueblo County, the route is called John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.
Interstate 25 is also considered to be part of the unofficial Pan-American Highway.[4]
Contents
1 Route description
1.1 New Mexico state line to Pueblo
1.2 Pueblo to Denver
1.3 Denver to Wyoming state line
2 History
2.1 Ancestors and early freeways
2.2 Interstate completion
2.3 Modern expansion
2.3.1 T-REX (Denver)
2.3.2 COSMIX (Colorado Springs)
3 Future
4 Exit list
5 References
6 External links
Route description
New Mexico state line to Pueblo
Northbound I-25 between Colorado Springs and Denver.
Following the Santa Fe Trail from New Mexico, Interstate 25 enters Colorado as a typical four-lane Interstate Highway, where its entire route in Colorado lies close to the east side of the Rocky Mountains. The route turns from north to west-northwest as I-25 serves Wootton. After leaving Wootton, I-25 turns back up north and bypasses near the east side of the Trinidad Lake State Park, home of the Trinidad Lake.
Trinidad, a city near the Trinidad Lake, is the first major city that lies along I-25. For the next 30 miles (48 km), I-25 continues north through the rural areas of Colorado until it reaches the small city of Walsenburg, where the business route - I-25 Bus. - junctions with U.S. Highway 160. I-25 then continues in a north-northwest direction until it bypasses the Orlando Reservoir, then turns north from there until it reaches Colorado City. In Colorado City, I-25 interchanges with the east end of the Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway (SH 165) at exit 74.
After leaving the city, I-25 follows in a north-northeast orientation until it reaches the St. Charles Reservoir just before entering the city of Pueblo, with the first exit within the southern city limits of Pueblo at exit 94.[5] The Arkansas River in Pueblo serves as a feeder to the Lake Pueblo State Park, home of the Pueblo Lake, which is located to the west of the western city limits of Pueblo.[6]
Pueblo to Denver
I-25 during rush hour in the largest city I-25 serves, Denver, looking East toward Downtown Denver.
After leaving Pueblo, I-25 continues up north with the Union Pacific Railroad line paralleling closely to the route on the right side after interchanging with Porter Draw at exit 106. By exit 119, the Fountain Creek joins along and travels parallel with I-25, and continues all the way to the Fountain Creek Regional Park in Widefield. I-25 gradually turns from a general north direction to the north-northwest and serves the census-designated place of Buttes at exit 122.
Cheyenne Mountain, as seen from I-25 near Fort Carson. Note the communications antennas at the summit, which are radio antennas for stations broadcasting in Colorado Springs.
As soon as US 85 leaves I-25 at exit 128, I-25 enters the city limits of Fountain. Basically, I-25 serves as the border between the western city limits of Fountain on the east side of I-25 and Fort Carson on the west side. Exit 132 (SH 16) serves the north side of the Fountain Creek Regional Park as well as the entrance to Fort Carson and connects to SH 21 (Powers Boulevard), the eastern bypass for the Colorado Springs metro area. By the time I-25 reaches exit 138, the route crosses into the city limits of Colorado Springs, where the stack interchange with US 24 at exit 139 serves the Evergreen Cemetery and Prospect Lake. I-25 turns west at exit 140, along with the Fountain Creek, where it interchanges with US 85, US 87, and I-25 Bus. I-25 again turns back north by exit 141. Swinging around the west side of downtown Colorado Springs at exit 142,[5] and to the north of the city lies the Colorado College, and is served at exit 143 - Uintah Street. Continuing north and northeast, the highway intersects the north terminus of I-25 Bus. and US 85. The interstate leaves Colorado Springs between exits 153 and 156, where I-25 enters the United States Air Force Academy, going through the east side of the institution.
Map showing I-25 and nearby freeways and major highways in the Denver Metropolitan area
I-25 leaves El Paso County and enters Douglas County at Monument Hill, elevation 7,352 feet, north of Monument. I-25 then continues north through more rural and hilly areas east of the Rocky Mountains until reaching Castle Rock at exit 181. I-25 continues through rural and hilly portions of Douglas County until interchanging with E-470, the partial beltway of Denver as the toll road serves the Centennial Airport and the much larger Denver International Airport.
After entering Arapahoe County, I-25 cuts through the Denver Technological Center (DTC) between Dry Creek Road and Belleview Avenue (exits 196-199). I-25 enters Denver at the I-225 interchange, a spur that detours motorists to I-70 through Aurora, at exit 200. I-25 turns in an westerly direction between Evans Avenue (Exit 203) and Colorado Boulevard (Exit 204). University of Denver lies just to the south of the interstate at Exit 205. It then turns back north after Exit 207. I-25 curves around the west side of downtown Denver,[5] where it can be accessed by I-70 Bus. at exit 210.[5] I-25 then interchanges with I-70 at exit 214 right before leaving the City and County of Denver.
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Denver to Wyoming state line
As I-25 leaves Denver, the route continues up north through unincorporated areas of Adams County and interchanges with I-76, I-270, and the Denver-Boulder Turnpike (US 36). Due to the complexity of this triangle-shaped interchange, it was known to be one of many malfunction junctions throughout the United States. Beyond that interchange, the interstate enters the northern suburbs of the Denver metro area, such as Thornton and Northglenn, and at exit 220, I-25 slips its way through a narrow path between the Badding Reservoir (west side) and the Croke Lake (east side). Development begins to drop off after exit 223 (120th Avenue) after continuing north into Westminster and eastern Broomfield.
At exit 228, I-25 interchanges with the northern termini of E-470 and Northwest Parkway at a stack interchange, with the Larkridge Mall just to the north, served by 160th Avenue (SH 7). As I-25 continues north, it moves through rolling farm and grasslands with the Front Range and high mountains clearly visible to the west while passing through a medley of lakes and reservoirs. It stays generally flat with few moderate climbs in elevation, while also serving smaller cities like Dacono and Firestone to the east and Longmont to the west. This stretch of I-25 in northern Colorado also has large amounts of truck traffic between SH 7 and Wyoming. After some time in the rural farmlands, the interstate enters the Fort Collins/Loveland metro area at exit 255, serving Loveland and Greeley to the east at exits 255 and 257, and continuing north to the Fort Collins city limits south of Harmony Road. The highway runs on the eastern side of Fort Collins, serving Colorado State University at exits 268 and 269 (which is also the most direct route to downtown). After exit 271, I-25 leaves Fort Collins and rolls into more rural grasslands past Wellington. Exits also become few and far between from here to Wyoming as well after gradually turning north-easterly towards the state line.[5][6]
History
Ancestors and early freeways
Colorado had begun planning of a modern inter-city route along the Front Range as early as 1944, well before the national movement toward an Interstate Highway system.
State Highway 1, an unpaved road, was completed between Denver and Pueblo by 1919. Average travel time between Pueblo and Colorado Springs on this route was approximately 2.5 hours (or a full 8.5 hours from Pueblo to Denver). This route was upgraded with the help of the federal government to become US 85 and US 87 by 1930, now paved in concrete and shortening the travel time between Pueblo and Colorado Springs to just one hour.
The cities of Denver (in 1948) and Pueblo (in 1949) were first to begin building multi-lane highway segments along the route of what would eventually become Interstate 25. Construction follows an earlier segment of the Colorado and Southern Railway. Denver's segment was originally known as the Valley Highway and was completed by 1958. The city of Colorado Springs followed a similar theme with their Monument Valley Freeway, begun in 1955 and completed by July 1960. Pueblo's section — the Pueblo Freeway - was complete by July 1959.[3]
Interstate completion
As the national Interstate Highway System began to take shape, actual "inter-state" connections began to be made. Wyoming came first in 1964, building a 9-mile (14 km) link north to Cheyenne that was connected to Colorado's 17-mile (27 km) stretch.
Linking to New Mexico in the south would prove more problematic as the planned route had to stretch over Raton Pass, and its accompanying 1,800-foot (550 m) elevation change, within just 13 miles (21 km). Once again, US 85 and US 87 were used, but it had to be re-graded in places to meet Interstate design guidelines. Construction began in 1960, with a link to the city of Trinidad completed by 1963. The Trinidad Segment (as CDOT now calls the Raton Pass span) was not fully completed until 1968.
The final segment of the Colorado portion of Interstate 25, connecting the cities of Walsenburg and Trinidad, was completed during 1969. This meant that four lanes of high-speed, nonstop freeway were finally open for a full 305 miles (491 km) from New Mexico north to Wyoming.[3][7]
Modern expansion
As both population and traffic increased in Colorado during the 1990s and 2000s, the Colorado Department of Transportation has planned and completed major improvements for the city corridors along I-25.
T-REX (Denver)
T-REX Logo
The first of these was Transportation Expansion (T-REX), which widened and expanded nearly 17 miles (27 km) of both I-25 and the I-225 bypass in the Denver Metropolitan Area as well as adding various pedestrian and aesthetic improvements. T-REX was also instrumental in expanding Denver's RTD light rail lines to connect outlying communities beyond the city and county of Denver, adding 19 miles (31 km) of new routes.[7][8]
Starting in early 2004, the T-REX project was completed during 2006 at a cost of US$1.67 billion, under its projected budget and two years ahead of its originally scheduled conclusion. It has been hailed as a "model for other cities to follow" and "ahead of the curve nationally" by federal transportation and transit authorities.[8]
COSMIX (Colorado Springs)
COSMIX Logo
As T-REX began to wrap up, CDOT's next major effort began with Colorado Springs Metro Interstate Expansion (COSMIX). It could be argued that COSMIX was even more important to Colorado's interests than T-REX had been, since the Colorado Springs corridor of I-25 had seen immense growth over the past four decades, and experienced major choke points all along the 16-mile corridor from Exit 135 (Academy Blvd) in the south to Exit 151 (Briargate Pkwy) in the north. Originally carrying around 8500 vehicles per day in 1960, usage of the former Monument Valley Freeway had grown to an average of 100,000 vehicles per day by 2005.[9]
The major goals of COSMIX, which began in 2005 and was completed a year and four days ahead of schedule at the very end of December 2007, were a general expansion and widening of the corridor to three lanes in each direction throughout the city, as well as the reconstruction of two main interchanges (at Bijou Street near downtown Colorado Springs, and at Rockrimmon Boulevard and North Nevada Avenue in the city's growing north side).[10] Originally estimated at $225 million, on delivery COSMIX cost only $150 million, approximately $20 million of which involved land acquisition costs.
COSMIX was the first funded portion of a larger plan for I-25 improvements as detailed in an Environmental Assessment approved by CDOT and FHWA in 2004. A second phase resulted in the widening of the 12 mile segment from Woodmen Road (exit 149) to Monument (exit 161) to six lanes and addition of auxiliary lanes at busy interchanges. The Air Force Academy interchange (exit 156) was reconfigured to include just one exit, instead of A/B, and features two new roundabouts for North Gate Boulevard. The widening and paving was completed in December 2014.[11]
An EA-recommended improvement not included in COSMIX due to funding limitations was the reconstruction of the I-25 interchange at Cimarron Street (US 24 West). CDOT completed this project in late 2017.
Future
A new "lane balance" project has begun in northern Douglas County (Lone Tree) from Lincoln Avenue to County Line Road, where CDOT will expand the highway to eight lanes to eliminate the current six lane bottleneck from drivers coming from Castle Rock to the south into Denver. This will connect the existing eight lanes from RidgeGate Parkway to the terminus of the previous T-REX project from years earlier at County Line Road.[12]
Toll lanes will be added along I-25 from US 36 (exit 217) to 120th Avenue (exit 223) in the Thornton area starting in October 2013. Two lanes (one north, one south) will be operational for drivers wishing to cut through traffic by paying a toll, similar to the US 36 project. The highway will have to be expanded and reconstructed to add the additional lanes to the six lane configuration currently in place. The project should be complete by October 2015.[13]
There is much controversy surrounding the future of Interstate 25 in northern Colorado (SH 7 in Broomfield to SH 14 in Fort Collins). Suggestions from adding toll lanes to general expansion to six lanes from the two lane bottleneck at SH 66 to SH 14 and adding multi-modal transportation options have been discussed. The future of the highway remains in question as funding is limited, and agreement is limited as well. The I-25 corridor in Weld and Larimer counties is becoming increasingly heavy with traffic, and something will have to be done soon.[14]
Officials are planning on expanding Interstate 25 from mile marker 160 just south of Monument to mile marker 179 south of Castle Rock. This is the only four lane, two lanes north bound and two lanes south bound on the interstate in Colorado. This eighteen-mile stretch is going to have an Express lane added in each north and south bound directions. The express lane will be a toll lane to allow commuters and people willing to pay a variable toll to use the additional lane. The complete project has a budget for $350 million dollars secured through federal, state and county funds. The final designs are set to be completed the summer of 2018 and construction to start by November 2018. Additional information is to be updated by the end of June 2018. [15]
The seven mile segment of I-25 through Pueblo also is in need of reconstruction, and the subject is of much controversy in southern Colorado. On the agenda are expanding the now 60-year-old interstate to six lanes, adding additional auxiliary lanes, and improving many interchanges to bring them up to current standards. The road segment from exit 101 (US 50/SH 47) to exit 94 (SH 45/Pueblo Boulevard) is currently the oldest section of I-25 in the state, and has not been upgraded since the 1950s, minus minor alterations and paving. The controversy surrounds the straightening of the highway through the city and the possible removal of several businesses around the downtown area and the historic district.[16]
Exit list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Colorado–New Mexico line | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-25 / US 85 / US 87 south – Santa Fe, Albuquerque | Continuation into New Mexico | ||
| 460 | Truck weigh station | Northbound entrance extends into Colorado; exit number is based on New Mexico mileage | ||||
| Las Animas | | 2.134 | 3.434 | 2 | Wootton | |
| | 5.597 | 9.007 | 6 | Gallinas | ||
| | 7.529 | 12.117 | 8 | Springcreek | ||
| | 11.013 | 17.724 | 11 | Santa Fe Trail – Starkville | ||
| Trinidad | 13.000 | 20.921 | 13A | Van Buren Street | ||
| 13.311 | 21.422 | 13B |  SH 12 west (Main Street) – Cuchara, La Veta, Springfield | |||
| 13.906 | 22.380 | 14 | Commercial Street | |||
| 14.859 | 23.913 | 15 |   SH 239 north / US 160 east / Goddard Avenue, Kit Carson Trail | South end of US 160 overlap | ||
| | 17.728 | 28.530 | 18 | El Moro Road | ||
| | 22.906 | 36.864 | 23 | Hoehne Road | ||
| | 26.858 | 43.224 | 27 | Ludlow | ||
| | 30.464 | 49.027 | 30 | Aguilar Road | ||
| | 34.090 | 54.863 | 34 | Aguilar | ||
| Huerfano | | 40.485 | 65.154 | 41 | Rugby Road | |
| | 41.930 | 67.480 | 42 | Pryor | ||
| Walsenburg | 49.000 | 78.858 | 49 |  I-25 Bus. north to US 160 west – Walsenburg, Alamosa | ||
| | 50.054 | 80.554 | 50 |  SH 10 east (US 160 west) – La Junta | North end of US 160 overlap | |
| | 52.321 | 84.202 | 52 |  I-25 Bus. south / SH 69 west to US 160 west – Gardner, Westcliffe | ||
| | 55.000 | 88.514 | 55 | Airport Road | ||
| | 56.000 | 90.123 | 56 | Redrock Road | ||
| | 58.727 | 94.512 | 59 | Butte Road | ||
| | 60.084 | 96.696 | 60 | Huerfano | ||
| | 64.046 | 103.072 | 64 | Lascar Road | ||
| | 66.749 | 107.422 | 67 | Apache | ||
| Pueblo | Colorado City | 71.264 | 114.688 | 71 | Graneros Road | |
| 74.367 | 119.682 | 74 |  SH 165 west – Colorado City, Rye, San Isabel | |||
| | 77.267 | 124.349 | 77 | Abbey Road, Hatchet Ranch Road | ||
| | 83.461 | 134.317 | 83 | Brantzwell | ||
| | 86.938 | 139.913 | 87 | Verde Road | ||
| | 87.921 | 141.495 | 88 | Burnt Mill Road | ||
| | 90.625 | 145.847 | 91 | Stem Beach | ||
| Pueblo | 94.769 | 152.516 | 94 |  SH 45 north (Pueblo Boulevard) | ||
| 95.403 | 153.536 | 95 | Illinois Avenue | Southbound exit only | ||
| 95.901 | 154.338 | 96 | Minnequa Avenue, Indiana Avenue | Southbound exit to Minnequa Ave., one block north of Indiana Ave.; Northbound exit to and entrance from Indiana Ave.; Southbound entrance from Aqua Ave., one block south of Indiana Ave. | ||
| 96.673 | 155.580 | 97A | Central Avenue to Northern Avenue | |||
| 97.447 | 156.826 | 97B | Abriendo Avenue | |||
| 97.691 | 157.218 | 98A |   US 50 Bus. east – La Junta | |||
| 98.545 | 158.593 | 98B |  To SH 96 / 1st Street | |||
| 98.806 | 159.013 | 99A | To SH 96 / 6th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance (from Bradford Avenue) | ||
| 99.334 | 159.863 | 99B | 13th Street, Santa Fe Avenue | |||
| 99.950 | 160.854 | 100A |  US 50 east – La Junta, Pueblo Memorial Airport | South end of US 50 overlap | ||
| 100.681 | 162.030 | 100B | 29th Street | |||
| 101.389 | 163.170 | 101 |  US 50 west / SH 47 east – Cañon City | North end of US 50 overlap | ||
| 102.160 | 164.411 | 102 | Eagleridge Boulevard | |||
| | 103.896 | 167.204 | 104 | Eden | ||
| | 106.075 | 170.711 | 106 | Porter Draw | ||
| | 108.000 | 173.809 | 108 | Purcell Boulevard – Pueblo West | ||
| | 110.238 | 177.411 | 110 | Pinon | ||
| | 114.000 | 183.465 | 114 | Young Hollow | ||
| | 115.831 | 186.412 | 116 | County Line Road | ||
| El Paso | | 118.843 | 191.259 | 119 | Rancho Colorado Boulevard | |
| Fountain | 121.459 | 195.469 | 122 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | ||
| 123.189 | 198.253 | 123 | Clear Spring Ranch | Exit does not sign this destination | ||
| 124.564 | 200.466 | 125 | Ray Nixon Road | |||
| 127.860 | 205.771 | 128 | US 85 north – Fountain | North end of US 85 overlap | ||
| 131.653 | 211.875 | 132 |   SH 16 east (Mesa Ridge Parkway) to SH 21 – Fort Carson Gate 20 | Signed as exits 132A (SH 16) and 132B (Ft. Carson) southbound | ||
| Stratmoor | 135.262 | 217.683 | 135 | South Academy Boulevard – Colorado Springs Airport | ||
| Colorado Springs | 137.752 | 221.690 | 138 | Lake Avenue, Circle Drive | ||
| 138.742 | 223.284 | 139 |  US 24 east (Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass) – Limon | South end of US 24 overlap | ||
| 139.747– 139.869 | 224.901– 225.097 | 140 |  SH 115 south (Nevada Avenue, Tejon Street) – Cañon City | |||
| 141.139 | 227.141 | 141 | US 24 west (Cimarron Street) – Manitou Springs, Pikes Peak | North end of US 24 overlap | ||
| 141.849 | 228.284 | 142 | Bijou Street – Downtown Colorado Springs | |||
| 142.832 | 229.866 | 143 | Uintah Street | |||
| 143.520 | 230.973 | 144 | Fontanero Street | |||
| 144.622 | 232.747 | 145 | Fillmore Street | |||
| 146.074 | 235.083 | 146 | Garden of the Gods Road | |||
| 147.245– 148.030 | 236.968– 238.231 | 148 | Nevada Avenue (US 85 south), Corporate Drive, Rockrimmon Boulevard | South end of US 85 overlap | ||
| 148.830 | 239.519 | 149 | Woodmen Road | |||
| 150.303 | 241.889 | 150 | North Academy Boulevard | |||
| 151.660 | 244.073 | 151 | Briargate Parkway | |||
| 152.899 | 246.067 | 153 | To SH 21 (Powers Boulevard) / InterQuest Parkway – Black Forest | |||
| Air Force Academy | 155.930 | 250.945 | 156 | North Gate Boulevard – North Entrance Air Force Academy | ||
| | 158.199 | 254.597 | 158 | Baptist Road | ||
| Monument | 160.763 | 258.723 | 161 |  SH 105 – Monument, Palmer Lake | ||
El Paso–Douglas county line | | 163.321 | 262.840 | 163 | County Line Road – Palmer Lake | |
| Douglas | | 167.464 | 269.507 | 167 | Greenland | |
| | 171.820 | 276.517 | 172 | Upper Lake Gulch Road | Primary backup for Spruce Mountain Road. The road Between Exit 173 and Spruce Mountain Road was Numbered SH 18 until 2001 and is current CR 56. | |
| Larkspur | 172.307 | 277.301 | 173 | Spruce Mountain Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance. Numbered SH 1 Between about 1920 to 1968. | |
| | 173.791 | 279.690 | 174 | Tomah Road | ||
| Castle Rock | 180.808 | 290.982 | 181 | Plum Creek Parkway | ||
| 181.853 | 292.664 | 182 | Wilcox Street, Wolfensberger Road | |||
| 184.212 | 296.460 | 184 |  US 85 north (Meadows Parkway) / SH 86 east / Founders Parkway | North end of US 85 overlap | ||
| | 186.935 | 300.843 | 187 | Happy Canyon Road | ||
| | 188.486 | 303.339 | 188 | Castle Pines Parkway | ||
| Lone Tree | 192.096 | 309.149 | 192 | RidgeGate Parkway | Opened on May 20, 2009[17] | |
| 192.990 | 310.587 | 193 | Lincoln Avenue | |||
| 194.314 | 312.718 | 194 |   SH 470 west / E-470 east – Grand Junction, Limon | E-470 exit 1. | ||
Douglas–Arapahoe county line | Lone Tree–Centennial line | 195.130 | 314.031 | 195 | County Line Road | |
| Arapahoe | Centennial | 196.141 | 315.658 | 196 | Dry Creek Road | |
| 197.188 | 317.343 | 197 |  SH 88 east (Arapahoe Road) | South end of SH 88 overlap | ||
| Greenwood Village | 198.292 | 319.120 | 198 | Orchard Road | ||
| 199.384 | 320.877 | 199 | SH 88 west (Belleview Avenue) | North end of SH 88 overlap | ||
| City and County of Denver | 200.093 | 322.018 | 200 |   I-225 north to I-70 – Limon, Aurora | I-225 exits 1A-B southbound; tri-stack interchange. | |
| 201.578 | 324.408 | 201 |   US 285 south / SH 30 east (Hampden Avenue) | |||
| 202.640 | 326.117 | 202 | Yale Avenue | |||
| 203.537 | 327.561 | 203 | Evans Avenue | |||
| 204.037 | 328.366 | 204 |  SH 2 (Colorado Boulevard) | |||
| 205.057 | 330.007 | 205 | University Boulevard | |||
| 205.919 | 331.395 | 206 | Downing Street, Washington Street, Emerson Street | Downing St. not signed southbound | ||
| 207A | Lincoln Street, Broadway | Lincoln St. not signed southbound | ||||
| 207B | Santa Fe Drive to  SH 26 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| US 85 south (Santa Fe Drive) | South end of US 85 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
| 207.641– 207.990 | 334.166– 334.727 | 208 | SH 26 (Alameda Avenue) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound access is via exit 207B | ||
| 209.210 | 336.691 | 209 |  US 6 west (6th Avenue) – Lakewood | South end of US 6 overlap; signed as exits 209A (east) and 209B (west) | ||
| 209.479 | 337.124 | 209C | 8th Avenue | |||
| 210.310 | 338.461 | 210A |   US 40 / US 287 (Colfax Avenue) – Downtown Denver | |||
| 210.415 | 338.630 | 210B | Auraria Parkway | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 210.532 | 338.818 | 210C | 17th Avenue | Northbound exit and entrance; southbound access is via exit 211 | ||
| 211.109 | 339.747 | 211 | 23rd Avenue, 20th Avenue | 20th Ave. not signed northbound | ||
| 211.464 | 340.318 | 212A-B | Speer Boulevard – Downtown Denver | Signed as exits 212A (south) and 212B (north) | ||
| 212.096 | 341.335 | 212C | 20th Street | |||
| I-25 HOV/toll lanes | South end of reversible HOV/toll lanes | |||||
| — | 19th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance for HOV/toll lanes only | ||||
| 212.769 | 342.419 | 213 | Park Avenue, West 38th Avenue | |||
| 213.625– 213.739 | 343.796– 343.980 | 214A | I-70 (US 6 east/US 85 north) – Limon, Grand Junction | North end of US 6/US 85 overlap; locally known as The Mousetrap; I-70 exit 274 | ||
| 213.964 | 344.342 | 214B | 48th Avenue | Southbound exit only | ||
| Adams | North Washington | 215.244 | 346.402 | 215 | 58th Avenue | |
| 216.301 | 348.103 | 216A |  I-76 east – Fort Morgan | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-76 exit 5 | ||
| Welby | 216.397– 216.779 | 348.257– 348.872 | 216B |  SH 224 (70th Avenue) / I-76 west – Grand Junction | Signed as exit 216 southbound; SH 224 not signed southbound; I-76 exit 5 | |
| — | SH 224 (70th Avenue) | Northbound exit and southbound right entrance for HOV/toll lanes only | ||||
| 217.006 | 349.237 | 217 |   I-270 east / US 36 – Limon, Aurora, Westminster, Boulder | No access to I-270/US 36 east northbound; southbound signed as exits 217A (west) and 217B (east); I-270 exit 0 to I-25 north. | ||
| — | US 36 west – Boulder | Southbound right exit and northbound entrance for HOV/toll lanes only | ||||
| I-25 HOV/toll lanes | North end of reversible HOV/toll lanes | |||||
| Thornton | 218.463 | 351.582 | 219 | 84th Avenue – Federal Heights | ||
| 219.815 | 353.758 | 220 | Thornton Parkway | |||
| Northglenn | 221.027 | 355.708 | 221 | 104th Avenue – Northglenn | Former SH 44 | |
| 223.049 | 358.963 | 223 |  SH 128 west (120th Avenue) | |||
| Westminster | 225.000 | 362.102 | 225 | 136th Avenue | ||
| 226.085 | 363.849 | 226 | 144th Avenue | |||
| City and County of Broomfield | 227.745 | 366.520 | 228 | E-470 east / Northwest Parkway west – Limon, Broomfield | E-470/NW Pkwy. exit 47 | |
| 229.107 | 368.712 | 229 |  SH 7 – Lafayette, Brighton | |||
| Weld | | 232.094 | 373.519 | 232 | Dacono, Erie | |
| | 235.114 | 378.379 | 235 |  SH 52 – Dacono, Frederick, Fort Lupton | ||
| | 240.114 | 386.426 | 240 |  SH 119 west – Firestone, Longmont | ||
| | 243.148 | 391.309 | 243 |  SH 66 – Longmont, Lyons | ||
| Mead | 245.217 | 394.639 | 245 | Mead | ||
| Johnstown | 250.241 | 402.724 | 250 |  SH 56 west – Berthoud | ||
| 252.261 | 405.975 | 252 |  SH 60 east – Johnstown, Milliken | |||
| Larimer | | 254.216 | 409.121 | 254 | To SH 60 west – Campion | |
| | 255.272 | 410.820 | 255 |  SH 402 west – Loveland | ||
| Loveland | 257.305 | 414.092 | 257 |  US 34 – Greeley, Loveland | ||
| 259.309 | 417.317 | 259 | Crossroads Boulevard – Fort Collins-Loveland Airport | |||
| | 262.298 | 422.128 | 262 |  SH 392 – Windsor, Fort Collins | ||
| Fort Collins | 265.314 | 426.981 | 265 | Harmony Road | ||
| 268.475 | 432.069 | 268 | Prospect Road | |||
| 269.370– 269.570 | 433.509– 433.831 | 269A-B |  SH 14 – Fort Collins, Ault | Signed as exits 269A (east) and 269B (west) | ||
| 271.373 | 436.733 | 271 | Mountain Vista Drive | |||
| Wellington | 277.884 | 447.211 | 278 |  SH 1 south – Wellington | ||
| | 281.338 | 452.770 | 281 | Owl Canyon Road | ||
| | 287.550 | 462.767 | 288 | Buckeye Road | ||
| Weld | | 292.583 | 470.867 | 293 | Carr | |
| | 298.870 | 480.985 | I-25 / US 87 north – Cheyenne, Casper | Continuation into Wyoming | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
^ ab Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed October 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost
^ Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
^ abc "Interstate 25". Dot.state.co.us. Retrieved 2011-11-27..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Sierra County Economic Development Organization. "Transportation and Highways". Archived from the original on September 7, 2007. Retrieved February 2008. Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)
^ abcde The Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 2006. p. 32.
^ abc Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed February 2008 via ACME Mapper
^ ab Kuennen, Tom, ed. Interstate 50: 50 Years of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. 2006: Faircount. pp 118-119. ISBN unavailable.
^ ab "Metro Denver's multi-modal T-REX takes last step - Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation". Metrodenver.org. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
^ Kuennen, Tom, ed. Interstate 50: 50 Years of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. 2006: Faircount. pp 118-119. ISBN unavailable.
^ "Progress of Project". Cosmixproject.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
^ http://www.koaa.com/news/i-25-expansion-project-nears-completion/
^ "I-25 Lincoln Avenue to County Line Road Lane Balancing Project Has Begun". coloradodot.info.
^ "Project Overview". coloradodot.info.
^ "North I-25 (Denver to Wyoming)". coloradodot.info.
^ https://www.codot.gov/projects/i-25-south-monument-castle-rock-ea
^ Shanna Lewis. "Expansion Plans for I-25 in Pueblo". krcc.org.
^ "RidgeGate Parkway Interchange Brings Traffic Relief to Douglas County" (PDF). Southeast Connections. June 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
External links
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- Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
- COSMIX (CDOT project; website no longer being updated)
- South I-25 Corridor: Lincoln Avenue through Castle Rock (CDOT project)
- The North Forty (CDOT project)
- I-25 Trinidad (CDOT project)
- The New Pueblo Freeway (proposed CDOT project)
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