Interstate 70 – Glenwood Canyon CO

City:
Glenwood Springs, CO

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), Public Works Funding

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Interstate 70 travels through Glenwood Canyon, east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.  The highway follows the route of the first road through the canyon, constructed under the Federal Bureau of Public Roads during the New Deal.

Source notes

Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on August 28, 2016.

Location Info


Glenwood Springs, CO

Coordinates: 39.556625, -107.30683

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