memorial weekend drive-a-round
In assembling my Colorado State Ends section, I realized I was missing some ends (Duh!), most notably in the Arkansas River Valley from the Front Range east. So, since it is the Memorial Day weekend, I thought I'd honor my American right to drive around aimlessly.
Old roads, new pics. Nice.
After that fascinating click around HS 120, I decide to do it again, just in the opposite direction. Why? So we could pick up where we left off on SH 115, of course.
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Coming back on US 50 towards SH 120 under some cloud cover. There's another instance where the wrong font was used on the shield.
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Looking down the first few feet of SH 120.
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Where 120 turns right. There's no indication this happens unless you look to the left and see the CR 120 sign.
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Another chance to get blasted.
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Entering the designated blasted area.
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Approaching the cement plant.
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Heading down into the Arkansas Valley.
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Approaching the cool bridge again.
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Curving around. The cool bridge is just ahead.
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Some older guardrails are spotted off to the right.
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Great shot looking down the cool bridge.
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Looking at the railroad bridge present here, too.
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The last stretch of the cool bridge.
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Back to bouncing over tracks and cement joints.
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Rock and Rail will never die!!!!! WOOOO-HOOOOO! 
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Back under the conveyor belt.
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Going back across this bridge. Along 120 in both directions, I passed 4 cars. These three and the one in front of them. This is not a busy highway.
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Heading west. This view is just fantastic. It would have been better without all the dust in the air from the wind, but it doesn't suck right now.
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Approaching 115.
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The last feet of 120. There's no end sign present. Come to think of it, there was no 120 shield anywhere heading west. Interesting.
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An obvious move to the intersection when 115 was created.
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Back heading south (actually west) on 115.
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Entering Florence, Colorado.
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Another shot of the Truck Route banner.
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Just after the SB 67 intersection there's a multiplex. Wonder why 67 wasn't on top?
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Fabulous downtown Florence.
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67 heads north from 115 in Downtown. Also look at the interesting light pole and the electric line insulators on it. I haven't seen that anywhere but here. (For more visual treats, you can check out my Colorado 67 Trip.)
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115 curves just to the west of downtown. How many shields does it take, anyway?
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Almost looks like an east coast view.
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While stopped at a traffic light, I heard a gurgling. Looking to the left, I saw this old specimen of a gutter. These are throughout Florence.
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Old bridge goodness yet again.
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Still heading west on 115.
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A new widening.
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The stripes between the double yellows are allowed according to CDOT, but they're not usually used.
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So what is the widening for? Not much.
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A RR warning complete with a beacon.
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The crossing. Drivers traveling in this direction shold probably know when there's a train since the tracks are visible, but the opposite direction doesn't see the crossing until right upon it. This is the reason for the beacon.
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Old building close to the side of the road.
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Curving around. No, we haven't climbed into the mountains. We're just on the edge of a ridge.
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Well advertised cutoff to a few towns.
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More scenic happiness.
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Another abandoned building alongside the road.
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A quick glimpse at the building. And who's G and B? (All political jokes aside, that is)
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Another mutant crossorads sign. Funny thing is the left road looked busier than the right one.
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The Gold Belt Tour Scenic Byway heads back north here. Hmmm. I thought it continued south on 67.
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Entering Cañon City, SH 115 starts curving to match up with city streets.
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- This trip's Index
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