Colorado Roads - I-76, 76/US 6
(and US 6)
All photos on this page courtesy Michael Summa. The one above was taken in 1981 just east of Exit 115.
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The only westbound photo, with what looks like one original sign, taken in 1983. The sign on the right may have been original, in which case the C-2 shield replaced a COLORADO 2. The reason I'm not sure is because there's a border around it, but not around the clearly original pull-through BGS. (Also, Colorado started off its highways with a sequential exit numbering system, and the exit number appears to be original to the tab. But that's again just speculation.)
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C-7 WB leaving Exit 25, early 1980's.
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Definitely an original BGS, eastbound in the mid 1980's. This one required little work, because the sequential exit number was 13.
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US 34 and former US 6 EB nearing Ft. Morgan, 1986.
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EB in 1986 on a bicycle, which apparently was (if not still is allowed) here in Brush even though there are parallel routes that wouldn't be as dangerous. One of the principal rules of Interstates - no non-motorized traffic. Forgive Michael his trespass (legitimate though it was), because he brings you original signs that either lacked exit tabs or had button-copy sequentially numbered exits that were then torn off to make way for these. When that change was made, the FHWA still hadn't come up with the concept of right-justifying exit tabs for right exits. US 6 used to head west from here as well, along what's now US 34 SPUR and then duplexing with 34 through Brush. Also, this is no longer an A-B exit - the loops from either direction of I-70 have been removed to make it a 6-ramp exit for improved safety on both mainline and intersecting road.
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An odd choice of next destination, EB right around the location of the header photo and in the same year. Why not Sterling?
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EB in 1979. Clearly the old exit number was replaced with the mile-based one.
Onto US 6 alone
Exit 16 to C-2
Exit 31 to C-52
Exit 90 to C-71
Exit 90A or 92A to US 34
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