Interstate 70 passes through Colorado on its route between its western terminus at Cove Fort, Utah, and its eastern at Baltimore, Maryland. In western Colorado, the highway connects the metropolitan areas of Grand Junction and Denver via a route through the Rocky Mountains. Bicycles are allowed on those stretches of I-70 in the Rockies where no other through route exists. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) lists the construction of I-70 among the engineering marvels undertaken in the Interstate Highway system. The Eisenhower Tunnel, with a maximum elevation of 11,158 feet (3,401 m) and length of 1.7 miles (2.7 km), is the longest mountain tunnel and highest point along the Interstate Highway System. The portion through Glenwood Canyon was completed on October 14, 1992, one of the final pieces of the Interstate Highway System to open to traffic, and one of the most expensive rural highways per mile built in the United States.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Colorado
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adwa
1921:
The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Armstrong
2014:
A group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers at Kunming railway station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims dead and more than 140 others injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kunming_attack
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
pendragon: Also capitalized as Pendragon: a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs: chief war leader, dictator, or king. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pendragon
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all. --William Dean Howells https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Dean_Howells