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Among the sights to be seen along US 40 is Lake Steam Bath, once the location of a thriving health industry centered on tuberculosis sanatoriums. Also along Colfax Avenue in Denver is the Denver branch of the United States Mint, which produces 50 million coins per day. US 40 rejoins I-70 at exit 288, just to the east of Aurora.
In 1881, the narrow gauge mainline of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was built across Marshall Pass on the way from Denver to Salt Lake City. This railroad line was completed before the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad completed the Alpine Tunnel , so it was the first crossing of the continental divide in Colorado by any ...
Three miles (4.8 km) later, I-70 splits off again. After the second concurrency with I-70, US 40 enters Denver. The road passes through downtown Denver on Colfax Avenue, and has intersections with SH 391, SH 121, SH 95, and SH 2 and an interchange with US 287. The route through Denver also serves as the business loop for I-70.
The eastern portal is about 50 miles (80 km) west of Denver in the Front Range, about 10 miles (16 km) west of the town of Rollinsville. [a] The West Portal is located at the base area of Winter Park Resort, [b] above and east of the Dotsero Cutoff that leads west towards Salt Lake City.
In 1931, the D&RGW acquired the Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad, a paper railroad subsidiary of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad (D&SL) which had acquired the rights to build a 40-mile (64 km) connection between the two railroads. After years of negotiation, the D&RGW gained trackage rights on the D&SL from Denver to the new cutoff.
The Denver and Salt Lake Railway (D&SL) was a U.S. railroad company located in Colorado. It was incorporated in 1902 as the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific (DN&P) Railway with the goal of connecting Denver, Colorado with Salt Lake City, Utah .
Grand Junction is the largest city between Denver and Salt Lake City and serves as the economic hub of the area. [3] The freeway passes to the north of downtown, while US 6 and US 50 retain their original routes through downtown. US 6 rejoins I-70 east of Grand Junction; US 50 departs on a course toward Pueblo. [2]
On May 26, 1881, D&RG interests incorporated the Salt Lake and Park City Railway, [6] a branch from Salt Lake City east to Park City and Coalville. [10] The lines of this company and the Sevier Valley were included in the far-reaching charter for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway , incorporated on July 21, 1881 [ 6 ] and immediately ...