I70 west out of Denver

RAS43 wrote:

Busskipper wrote:

You might have missed the fact that they have a route just off I-70 to Central City Casinos that goes straight up the mountain. and it is under used as most still like Rt 6.

JMHO,

Busskipper

I know all about Central City Parkway. Nice views there also but I haven't been to Central City/ Blackhawk since gambling started. Not my thing but I do miss the old towns-before gambling. Anyway, you have helped make my point that the traffic thru the canyon is heavy and it is most of the time not just weekends per my friends in the state patrol. Throw in liquor and now pot and it is not a route I'd choose.

Gotta agree with Bob on this. US 6/CO 119 is still the major thoroughfare to the gambling towns of Black Hawk/Central City. Throw in the tour busses as well as traffic that can particularly heavy when there are special promos going on up there, and it's not a pleasant drive. Add in some commercial traffic and it's just as busy as I-70...on just 2 lanes. It's a frequent occurrence that a traffic accident involving some sort of commercial vehicle, falls into Clear Creek and the route is closed for hours. There aren't a lot of alternatives then, if you're stuck there. At least on I-70, by virtue of sheer volume, CSP gets crashes and traffic problems resolved relatively quickly.

I also remember when it was fun to go up there and visit, because they were both funky little towns with a lot of history. Now, seems like a lot of the "history" is the frequent name changes of the casinos!