e-470
E470 makes further move to banish signals - new $18m 'skiers ramp' opens
Posted Tue, 2007-11-06 13:37
E470 Public Highway Authority (E470PHA) in Denver have opened a grand new 2.33km (7645ft) long direct connector being nicknamed the skiers' ramp because it takes northbound E470 tollroad motorists way up and over the complex roadway spaghetti to head westbound on I-70 up into the Rocky Mountains. Ramp H as it is named in the highway planners' jargon is 2 lanes plus shoulders with 493m (1616ft) of steel plate girder bridging in about ten spans, the rest embankment.
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E470 in Colorado to study all electronic toll collection - cashless tolling
Posted Mon, 2007-09-17 12:05
E470 may be the second established US toll system after Texas' NTTA to do away with cash toll collection. The board of the E470 Public Highway Authority (E470PHA) Sept 13 heard a proposal from staff for a move to all-electronic tolling (AET). Wilbur Smith Associates will produce a report by December.
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E470 EXpressToll accounts 250k with 463k transponders
Posted Tue, 2007-08-14 19:56
E-470 Public Highway Authority have announced that their EXpressToll accounts are past the quarter million mark with 463k transponders on issue. The Denver metro area has around 2.8m people and probably 2.3m motor vehicles so around one in five vehicles in the area has a transponder. (see note below on FHWA's rubbish statistics)
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IBTTA:Vezz defined
Posted Wed, 2000-04-12 11:58IBTTA:Vezz defined
Originally published in issue 48 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 2000.
Page:10
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Denver’s E-470 traffic increase
Posted Sun, 2000-01-09 22:49Denver’s E-470 traffic increase
Originally published in issue 45 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2000.
Page:9
Subjects:traffic
Facilities:E-470
Agencies:E-470 PHA
Locations:Denver CO
CORRECTION:E-470 Was First with Multi-lane Open Road Highway Speed ET
Posted Wed, 1999-09-22 05:17CORRECTION:E-470 Was First with Multi-lane Open Road Highway Speed ET
Originally published in issue 42 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 1999.
Page:20
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DENVER CO:470 Toll Beltway Continues Counter-Clockwise
Posted Sun, 1999-09-19 15:34DENVER CO:470 Toll Beltway Continues Counter-Clockwise
Originally published in issue 42 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 1999.
Page:18
Subjects:new toll road environmentalist enviro opposition anti-road
Facilities:E-470 B-470 Northwest Parkway NW Pwy
Agencies:E-470 NW Parkway Public Road Authority
Locations:Denver CO Broomfield 1321 words read more »
COLORADO E-470
Posted Fri, 1998-07-24 21:40COLORADO E-470 – a developmental pike in cow paddocks
Originally published in issue 29 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jul 1998.
Page:13
Subjects:developmental pike
Facilities:E-470 Denver-Boulder Turnpike
Agencies:E-470 Public Highway Authority PHA
Locations:Denver CO Colorado Boulder
Sources:Stephen Hogan
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