road surface going through Denver?

[beatlecraig]

Years ago when I went through Denver on the interstate hwy, the road surface, particularly in the right lane where I need to be, was just awful. Can anyone say what it is like now? Thanks

[Thom02099]

beatlecraig wrote:
Years ago when I went through Denver on the interstate hwy, the road surface, particularly in the right lane where I need to be, was just awful. Can anyone say what it is like now? Thanks

I've been on various sections of I-25 and for the most part, particularly for the right lane that you inquired about, it's not been bad. I've used I-25 to get down to Cherry Creek SP and didn't note anything particularly bad. The places that have been bad in the past have been repaired, especially in the downtown area and approaching the south junction with I-225.

In the north Metro area, there's been a lot of previous construction now completed from downtown north and it's vastly improved, but still just a few spots that still need attention, particularly around the flyovers for E-470 intersection with I-25. You've got 3 lanes north and they are all pretty decent all the way up where it goes from 3 to 2 lanes near the Mead exit. Then the roadway deteriorates significantly, particularly the right lane. AND...that's about where the construction starts all the way north to the Fort Collins area. Lots of lane shifts and narrow lanes with very heavy traffic.

H E R E - COtrip.org is the road condition website for Colorado if you need more real time info.

Happy Travels!

[gkainz]

Colorado highway conditions are slightly better than Afghanistan ... maybe. 😞

Edit - ok, now that I've exposed my grumpy old man attitude ... yeah, I-70 east and westbound between Denver and Vail, at least, has been improved last year. In the past, the slow lanes up Eisenhower Pass on both sides were so bad that they felt like they were destroying my suspension. The repaving helped a lot. But, no telling how bad the winter travel made them bad again. It's endless cycle of patch and destroy and patch and destroy on these highways.

But all honesty, after returning home from an extended South West USA trip last spring, Colorado highways were the worst of the whole trip.

[beatlecraig]

BarryG20 wrote:
Which Interstate? They have been working on I70 for a couple years now redoing the stretch from I25 to more or less I225. They are still working on it but the parts they have finished are decent, it really needed the work badly. It still has some areas that aren't the best. I470/e470 the one that circles the metro area is pretty decent as well(e470 is toll and is really pretty good). I225 is mostly good. The short stretch of I270 leaves a lot to be desired as does I76. I25 just depends on where you are at but for the most part north of town not bad, in town say from I70 south to Colfax some spots not so great south of there relatively decent

thank you!!

[BarryG20]

Which Interstate? They have been working on I70 for a couple years now redoing the stretch from I25 to more or less I225. They are still working on it but the parts they have finished are decent, it really needed the work badly. It still has some areas that aren't the best. I470/e470 the one that circles the metro area is pretty decent as well(e470 is toll and is really pretty good). I225 is mostly good. The short stretch of I270 leaves a lot to be desired as does I76. I25 just depends on where you are at but for the most part north of town not bad, in town say from I70 south to Colfax some spots not so great south of there relatively decent