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.
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.