jplante4 wrote:
If you "cut the corner" and get off I-70 at Salina KS, go through Dodge City, Liberal and pick up I-40 in Tuccumcari, you'll miss all the ups and downs on I-25.
^^^^^ This.
I-25 southbound from Wellington CO to Colorado Springs is frequently a parking lot. One accident anywhere, one stalled vehicle and traffic backs up. And even where it's 3-4-5 lanes, it's still a zoo. Guaranteed backup from 120th south to US 36/I-270 interchange, will take about 30 minutes to get through just that portion. Other portions will have similar backups in the Denver area. Then you still have to get south through Colorado Springs and maybe...just maybe..traffic may open up to Pueblo.