Interstate 76 (west)

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Interstate 76 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	185 mi (298 km)
Formed:	1975
West end:	I-70 in Arvada, CO
Major junctions:	I-25 in Welby, CO
North end:	I-80 near Big Springs, NE

Interstate 76 (abbreviated I-76) is an interstate highway that runs from Interstate 70 in Arvada, Colorado (near Denver) to an intersection with Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska.

Contents 1 Length 2 Major cities 3 Intersections with other interstates 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Length

Miles	km	state
183	294	Colorado
2	3.2	Nebraska
185	298	Total

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

• Arvada, Colorado
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
• Denver, Colorado
• Fort Morgan, Colorado
• Sterling, Colorado
• Omaha, Nebraska (via Interstate 80)

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

• Interstate 70 in Arvada, Colorado
• Interstate 25 at Welby, Colorado (part of the Turnpike Tangle)
• Interstate 270 at Welby, Colorado (part of the Turnpike Tangle)
• Interstate 80 near Big Springs, Nebraska

[edit] Notes

• On April 8, 2006, Denver Nuggets rookie and former NC State basketball star Julius Hodge was shot and lightly wounded on this road when another car pulled along side his and opened fire around 2 o'clock in the morning.
• I-76 was redesignated from I-80S in 1975, in accordance with AASHTO policy to remove the letter suffixes from Interstate Highway System routes.
• I-76 in Nebraska is signed north-south; in Colorado, it is signed east-west.
• The western terminus of I-76 used to be at I-25; the western extension to I-70 was built in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

edit Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)
4	5	8	10	12	15	16	17	19	20	22	24	25	26	27	29	30
35	37	39	40	43	44	45	49	55	57	59	64	65	66	66 (W)		68
69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76 (W)		76 (E)		77	78	79	80	81	82
83	84 (W)		84 (E)		85	86 (W)		86 (E)		87	88 (W)		88 (E)		89	90
91	93	94	95	96	97	99	(238)		H-1		H-2		H-3
Unsigned			A-1		A-2		A-3		A-4		PRI-1		PRI-2		PRI-3
Lists		Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced

Browse numbered routes
< SH 75	CO		SH 78 Image:Colorado 78.svg >
< US 75	NE		US 77 >

[edit] References

• 2005 Rand McNally Road Atlas

[edit] External links

• Colorado I-76
  • I-76 Exit Guide