Colorado State Highway 40, SH-36 to I-70 Bus Spur

 

AMP: 338

Location: SH-40 and Main St, Arapahoe Cty

Reassurance shield as SH-40 begins and we head out of Byers.

AMP: 340

Location: SH-40 and Rd 185, Arapahoe Cty

So…SH-40 is a weird bear. Internally, it actually ends here, and starts/stops a couple more times on its path – though the road continues as a state maintained frontage road signed as SH-40. For purposes of this site we’ll consider the whole thing to be 40 since it is signed as such.

AMP: N/A

Location: SH-40 and Rd 185, Arapahoe Cty

Reassurance shield after SH-40 nominally ends.

AMP: N/A

Location: SH-40 and Peoria Crossing Rd, Arapahoe Cty
Reassurance shield after a local road connection to I-70. The ramp is there to the left, with the eastbound lanes just above it.

AMP: 350

Location: 1st Ave and Fir St, Deer Trail

A few miles later, SH-40 resumes and we enter the dying community of Deer Trail.

AMP: 350

Location: 1st Ave and Cedar St, Deer Trail
Turn left for an I-70 Business Spur up to I-70. Stay straight to stay on SH-40 east.

E to I-70 Bus Spur

N to I-70/US-40/US-287

E to I-70/US-36/US-40/US-287, W to I-70 Bus Spur