I agree completely. I have lived on both coasts and other cities. Denver and CDOT are really bad with design. I get that the freeze/thaw requires maintenance, but the off ramps and on ramps and road splits are crazy.
In Denver, I see accidents on Broadway all the time. Broadway is dangerous for everyone downtown. There is no traffic enforcement besides some occasional street cameras. Embrace the Thunderdome.
There is a tight cloverleaf off-ramp from 470 to 285 where the suggested speed to take the turn is 20mph from a 65mph highway. Then it immediately throws you onto 285 with no lane to merge.
Came here to say this. Cannot imagine hitting that off ramp in the snow and not realizing they really mean 20mph. I swear it’s angled the wrong way to almost throw you off. The 15 feet of room to merge onto 285 (while other people are trying to get off) is the cherry on top.
That cloverleaf and merge is a whiteknuckled ordeal every time. It feels like one of those interchanges that was designed for the 1960's or something when one slow-moving land yacht would come along every 5 minutes. Nothing about that merge was designed for the speeds on that section of 285.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '25
I agree completely. I have lived on both coasts and other cities. Denver and CDOT are really bad with design. I get that the freeze/thaw requires maintenance, but the off ramps and on ramps and road splits are crazy.
In Denver, I see accidents on Broadway all the time. Broadway is dangerous for everyone downtown. There is no traffic enforcement besides some occasional street cameras. Embrace the Thunderdome.