Traffic is a mess out there!

[iego]

I can only imagine, it is bad enough in light traffic.

How many people jumped off at Bakerville and then back on in Silver Plume?

We did this. Saved us at least an hour or two. The frontage road was relatively unused from what I saw. I saw maybe 10-15 vehicles take the Bakerville exit before us, but the majority of vehicles just stuck to the golden path.

So now I am trying to make a cheat sheet of where I-70 Frontage roads are and are not in preparation for next time. It really was a great feeling whizzing by what might have been an hour or two of traffic.

Interestingly, from my first looks, it seems like the majority of I-70 IS covered by Frontage Roads, and the exception is more the rule. I'd previously always thought they would be more of a hassle than they were worth, but not after Saturday...

-John

[roberth]

We did this. Saved us at least an hour or two. The frontage road was relatively unused from what I saw. I saw maybe 10-15 vehicles take the Bakerville exit before us, but the majority of vehicles just stuck to the golden path.

So now I am trying to make a cheat sheet of where I-70 Frontage roads are and are not in preparation for next time. It really was a great feeling whizzing by what might have been an hour or two of traffic.

Interestingly, from my first looks, it seems like the majority of I-70 IS covered by Frontage Roads, and the exception is more the rule. I'd previously always thought they would be more of a hassle than they were worth, but not after Saturday...

-John

Yup, helps to know the area.

[iego]

My cheat sheet up to the Tunnels, Loveland Pass. Please correct any errors you see.

Tunnels (Loveland Pass)

Bakerville to Silver Plume Frontage Road

Georgetown Loop Railroad (No Access to Frontage Roads)

Georgetown to US-40 (North to Empire), Lawson, Downieville, Dumont, Idaho Springs, to Central City Parkway (North to Blackhawk)

Fall River Road (No Access to Frontage Roads)

Johnson Gulch intersects with US-6 Clear Creek Canyon Road to Golden and US-40 Frontage Road to Floyd Hill, Beaver Brook, Evergreen.

Chief Hosa (No Access to Frontage Roads)

Buffalo Overlook (US-40) to Paradise Hills Park-N-Ride, Genesee, Mother Cabrini Shrine, to Mt. Vernon Canyon, Wooly Mammoth Park-N-Ride, to Golden, and finally turns into Colfax.

-John

[Irving]

I don't know how helpful this is for anything other than speeding, but when traveling Eastbound, any off-ramp that has a sign for Chief Hosa, does not have an EB on-ramp.