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Danny: What about i-70, i-76, i-270, and i-225 around the Denver Metro?
It's true that the Denver metro is well served by Interstates, but Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Colorado Springs are not. These are all very large cities, some over 100,000, that have sprawl and large suburbs between and yet they are only served by I-25.
Not only that, but I-25 is the only Interstate that goes north-south for hundreds of miles. That is why traffic on I-25 is so congested and there are plans to make more Superhighways on the plains to the east. Take the Heartland Expressway for example...
That's interesting about the Heartland Expressway - will be interesting to see how that turns out. Now I see what you mean about i-25 being the only major N-S freeway in the Urban Corridor. (Which could include Pueblo too if you stretch your mind)
I would imagine Salt Lake City has the same problem - as they are pretty much in the same set-up as Denver, just on a smaller scale.
I would add Roswell,NM to the list ...population around 55,000 and no interstate for miles ...also in New Mexico ....Clovis ...Carlsbad and Hobbs ...all with 30,000 + population and no interstate ... Texas has a number of cities without an interstate ....Lufkin ...Victoria ....Bryan ....Fredericksburg
Actually it is US 36, like a previous poster said some highways have been upgraded to interstate standards in metro areas, but are not technically interstates. Part of US 6 in Denver is the same way, C-470 another example in Denver.
alright for real: i listed two cities that ive been to.
1. hutchinson ks, population around 40,000. Kansas State fair is held here. only highways to get there. K-96 to wichita, US 50 to, well, nowhere in general. k-61 to mcpherson/ I-135 that goes to I-70. to wichita is about 50 miles, to mcpherson/ I-135 is about 30 miles. To I-70 is about 65 to 70 miles. get my point? Hutch is in the middle of nowhere.
2. Bloomington Indiana. Population is just under 70,000. well the highways is In-37 which goes to Indy to the north, and no civilazation to the south. the other highway is a complete MESS. In. 46 goes to Columbus/ I-65, and in the middle, nashville, the biggest tourest trap in southern indiana, i think. but on that ride to columbus/ I-65, it has to much CURVES and TRAFFIC. its about a 50 mile ride to Indy on In-37, and about a 35 mile drive to columbus/ I-65, which is the closest interstate to bloomington. that place had horrible transportation to begin with. no fast way to get there whatsoever.
Tucson. Although the I-10 and the I-19 technically do run through Tucson, they really just skirt the edges of town. If you travel on the I-10 you will see a sign saying "Tucson City Limits" surrounded by NOTHING but desert. You then soon see a mileage sign indicating that Tucson is 21 miles away (referring to downtown). At least 18 or 19 of those 21 miles are spent feeling like you're still in the middle of nowhere. Little do some people know that about 2 or 3 miles north of that 21 mile stretch of freeway is the actual developed part of the city. Just south of downtown the freeway curves in a northwesterly direction and proceeds to skirt the city on the west. So the freeway never really goes truly through the city.
The I-19 freeway begins from the curve of the I-10, and goes thorugh a very small portion of Tucson's low-density southwest side before traveling southward to the Mexican border.
The freeway set up is due to Tucsonans STAUNCH opposition of freeways. Many residents fear that freeway construction would increase the growth rate even more (as if lack of freeways stop people from moving there), make Tucson indistinguishable from Phoenix or Los Angeles, and and ruin the city's general treasured character. Though the metropolitan area has 1 million people, residents vote down measures that would allow for freeway construction faster than Oklahomans vote down gay marriage.
Check out Pinellas County, Florida!!! This is part of the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Clearwater metro. I-275 only runs a short distance through the extreme southeastern part of the county through a small section of St. Petersburg. Pinellas County has around a million residents and is the most densely populated county in Florida. It is almost completely developed with no vacant land available. This lack of a freeway system leaves cities like Clearwater (pop 110,000), Pinellas Park, Largo, Palm Harbor, Dunedin and Tarpon Springs without any direct freeway access. This also puts pressure on US Hwy 19 which is extremely congested and poorly designed. In 2005 it was featured on the Dateline special about deadly highways. It is the most deadly roadway for pedestrians at over 100 pedestrian fatalities in 5 years.
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