- Colorado State Highway 35
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State Highway 35
Quebec Street Route information Maintained by CDOT Length: 1.317 mi[2] (2 km) Existed: 1972[1] – present Major junctions South end: 
I-70 in Denver
I-270North end: 53rd Place Location Counties: Denver Highway system ← 
US 34US 36 
→Colorado State Highway 35, also known as Quebec Street, is a state route in the city of Denver, Colorado. It is 1.317 miles (2.120 km) long. Its southern end is I-70 and its eastern end is 53rd Place. An expansion was planned but funding has not materialized.
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Route description
The route begins as Quebec Street at I-70. It crosses Sand Creek[3] and intersects Interstate 270 and Northfield Boulevard; the interchanges overlap one another.[1] The route then continues, intersects 52nd Place and ends at 53rd Place, but Quebec Street continues northward towards Commerce City.[4]
History
The route was established in 1972 as a road to Stapleton International Airport (now closed). It was planned to be extended in several locations, but it remains a short highway.[1] Government records from the 1970s indicate that the route would have gone all the way to the intersection of Quebec St. and Hampden Ave. north to I-80S (now I-76) southwest of Barr Lake, but the construction never began, even though it was still on the books until the late 1990s.[1]
The route's southern end was at the Stapleton terminal access road from 1972 to 2000, when it was moved up to I-70. From 1972–1977 the northern end of the highway ended at I-70, then moved to 56th Ave, and then to I-270 in 1988 before ending around 53rd Place in the mid 1990s.[1]
Future
Because of congestion in the areas around Quebec Street an extension of Highway 35 into a major highway in the eastern metropolitan Denver area has been proposed. In theory, it would be useful to alleviate traffic jams in the Quebec St. area.[1]
Exit list
The entire route is located in the independent city of Denver.
Mile Destination Notes 0.000 I-70South end of route 0.463 I-2700.637 Northfield Boulevard 1.317 53rd Place North end of route 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ a b c d e f Salek, Matthew E. (January 30, 2010). "Colorado Routes 20–39". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r20-39.html. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ "Segment Descriptions for Highway 35". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=035&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation. "Map of Denver, Colorado". http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado_State_Highway_35&action=edit§ion=1. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation. "Map of Denver County, Colorado". http://www.dot.state.co.us/App_DTD_DataAccess/Downloads/CountyMaps/Denver.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
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