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Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles (106 km) long, [3] in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge at the town of Golden, finally ending in the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte.
U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Bishop, California, to Provincetown, Massachusetts. In the U.S. state of Colorado, US 6 is an east–west highway stretching from Utah to Nebraska. Much of the route overlaps other highways in Colorado, and, as a result, much of US 6 is unsigned.
State Highway 119 (SH 119) is a 63.7-mile-long (102.5 km) state highway in north central Colorado.It extends in a southwest to northeast direction, from a junction with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Clear Creek Canyon between Golden and Idaho Springs to a junction with Interstate 25 (I-25) east of Longmont.
U.S. Highway 6 (US 6), which turns into 6th Avenue, is a historic thoroughfare (built in 1950) which runs east–west through the southern part of the city then curves northward through the western part of Golden, ultimately arriving at the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon. State Highway 93 (SH 93), which traces its roots to the 1860s, continues ...
Intersection of SH 93, SH 58 and US 6 in Golden as seen from Mount Zion. SH 93 runs 18.8 miles (30.3 km), starting at its southern junction with US 6 and SH 58 at the entrance to Clear Creek Canyon in Golden. It runs north, just east of the mountains, ending at a junction with SH 119 in central Boulder.
Farther to the east, I-70 departs the US 6 corridor, which continues to follow Clear Creek through a narrow, curving gorge. The Interstate, however, follows the corridor of US 40 out of the canyon. The highway crests a small mountain near Genesee Park to descend into Mount Vernon Canyon to exit the Rocky Mountains. [2]
The Central City Parkway is a four-lane, 8.4 miles (13.5 km) highway in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties in Colorado, United States, that connects Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US 6/US 40), immediately south of Central City (and about 3 miles [4.8 km] east of Idaho Springs) with Nevadaville Road and Nevada Street in the historic mining town and gambling area of Central City.
Heading east from Bishop, California. The modern US 6 in California is a short, two-lane, north–south surface highway from Bishop to the Nevada state line. Prior to the 1964 state highway renumbering, US 6 extended to Long Beach along what is now US 395, State Route 14 (SR 14), Interstate 5 (I-5), I-110/SR 110, and SR 1.