Editing Interstate 70 (section)

==History==
Besides being the first Interstate to receive a contract for pavement,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weingroff |first1=Richard F. |date=Summer 1996 |title=Three States Claim First Interstate Highway |url=https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/summer-1996/three-states-claim-first-interstate-highway |journal=Public Roads |language=en-US |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |volume=60 |issue=1 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010221711/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/96summer/p96su18.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> other oddities happened with I-70 as well.

[[File:Western terminus of I-70 at Cove Fort, Utah.jpg|thumb|The western terminus in Utah]]
As first proposed, the western terminus of I-70 was to be [[Denver]]. Utah and Colorado, however, pressured the federal government to extend the planned freeway farther west, arguing a direct link between Denver and [[Salt Lake City]] was vital for an effective highway system. The proposal was to follow what is now [[U.S. Route 6|US&nbsp;6]] west and connect to [[Interstate 15|I-15]] at [[Spanish Fork, Utah]]. Federal planners, influenced by the military, agreed to extend the proposed route of I-70, but not to serve Salt Lake City; the military wanted to better connect [[Southern California]] with the [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern U.S.]] This led to I-70's constructed route through the San Rafael Swell terminating at Cove Fort. Many motorists include I-70 as part of their cross-country drives between [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]] (which are accessible to I-70 via other Interstates).<ref name="why cove fort">{{cite web |title=Why Does I-70 End in Cove Fort, Utah? |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/covefort.cfm |access-date=January 30, 2007 |work=Ask the Rambler |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |language=en-US |archive-date=June 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624042619/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/covefort.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Completed in 1992, the freeway through Glenwood Canyon Colorado was the last major section of freeway on I-70 to be completed and widely heralded as an environmental and engineering success.<ref>{{cite web |last=Encyclopedia Staff |date=November 19, 2015 |title=Interstate 70 |url=https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/interstate-70 |access-date=January 23, 2024 |website=Colorado Encyclopedia |language=en-US |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617163516/https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/interstate-70 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:2016-05-12 19 01 10 View east along Interstate 70 just west of its eastern terminus at the border of Baltimore City and Woodlawn, Baltimore County in Maryland.jpg|thumb|left|Eastern terminus of MD&nbsp;570 (formerly I-70) at a park and ride facility in Maryland near MD&nbsp;122]]
As a result of [[Highway revolts in the United States#Maryland|freeway revolts]] in the Baltimore area, I-70 was not completed east of [[Maryland Route 122|MD&nbsp;122]] to its planned terminus at [[Interstate 95|I-95]] within the city of Baltimore, and it now ends at a four-way symmetrical stack interchange with [[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|I-695]], the Baltimore Beltway. Until November 2014, I-70 ended at a [[park-and-ride]] lot at MD&nbsp;122 as the freeway enters the city of Baltimore at exit&nbsp;94. Commuters park on the pavement where high-speed freeway lanes were to be. The former freeway from I-695 to MD&nbsp;122 is being converted into a two-lane parkway to be renamed Cooks Boulevard,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interstate 70 |url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-070.html |access-date=August 21, 2015 |work=Interstate-Guide |language=en-US |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514100511/http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-070.html |url-status=live }}{{Self-published source|date=August 2015}}</ref> maintained by the [[Maryland State Highway Administration]].<ref>{{cite letter |first = William |last = Gayle |title = An Application from the State Highway or Transportation Department of Maryland for the Elimination of an Interstate Route |url = http://ballot.transportation.org/FileDownload.aspx?attachmentType=Item&ID=1166 |format = PDF |recipient= American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |location = Annapolis |publisher = Maryland State Highway Administration |date = April 9, 2014 |access-date = August 26, 2017 }}</ref>

The highway gave its name to the [[I-70 killer]], a [[serial killer]] who committed a string of murders within a few miles of it in several [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] states in the early 1990s. No suspect has ever been apprehended despite the widespread publicity the murders generated, including their being featured several times on the television show ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' and ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

[[John Allen Muhammad]] and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]], the duo responsible for the [[DC sniper attacks]], were apprehended at a rest stop on I-70 near [[Myersville, Maryland]], in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beltway Snipers |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/beltway-snipers |access-date=October 10, 2024 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |language=en-us |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923235659/https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/beltway-snipers |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[1985 World Series]] was a contest between the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[Kansas City Royals]] and won by the Royals. As these cities are primarily connected by I-70, the media has often called the series and the two teams' [[Cardinals–Royals rivalry|interleague rivalry]] the I-70 Series.<ref>{{cite web |last=MLB.com staff|date=September 28, 2022 |title=1985 World Series|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/1985-world-series-recap|access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=mlb.com |language=en-US}}</ref>