Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

===Roads===
[[Interstate 25 in Colorado|I-25]] runs north and south through Colorado, and traverses the city for nearly {{convert|18|mi|km}}, entering the city south of Circle Drive and exiting north of North Gate Boulevard. In El Paso County it is known as Ronald Reagan Highway.{{efn|To combat congestion the Colorado Department of Transportation widened the Interstate 25 corridor throughout the city from four lanes (two in each direction) to six lanes in a program called COSMIX. Ultimately, the plan is to make the interstate eight lanes through the city when funding becomes available.<ref>{{cite web |title=Litter Removal Program |url=http://www.cosmixproject.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114182606/http://cosmixproject.com/ |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |publisher=Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT)}}</ref> Interstate 25 was expanded to 6 lanes between Woodmen Road (exit 149, the northern terminus for the COSMIX project) and Monument (exit 161).<ref>{{cite web |title=I-25 North Design Build (Colorado Springs) – CDOT |url=http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/I25NorthCOSDB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126175510/http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/I25NorthCOSDB |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Coloradodot.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zubeck |first=Pam |date=December 29, 2012 |title=I-25 widening project coming soon {{pipe}} IndyBlog |url=http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/12/29/i-25-widening-project-coming-soon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103025928/http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/12/29/i-25-widening-project-coming-soon |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Csindy.com}}</ref>}} An Interstate 25 bypass was approved in 2010.<ref name="For the love of the road">{{Cite news |last=Sealover |first=Ed |date=February 3, 2011 |title=For the love of a road; Colorado Springs Independent, The (Colorado Springs) |publisher=csindy.com |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/for-the-love-of-a-road/Content?oid=2033692 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708211953/http://www.csindy.com/colorado/for-the-love-of-a-road/Content?oid=2033692 |archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sealover |first=Ed |date=May 13, 2010 |title=Copper Ridge takes a step; Colorado Springs Independent, The (Colorado Springs) {{pipe}} Find Articles |publisher=csindy.com |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/noted/Content?oid=1706080 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212030/http://www.csindy.com/colorado/noted/Content?oid=1706080 |archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref>

A number of state and U.S. highways serve the city. [[Colorado State Highway 21|State Highway 21]] is a major east side semi-expressway from [[Black Forest, Colorado|Black Forest]] to Fountain, known locally and co-signed as Powers Boulevard. [[Colorado State Highway 83|State Highway 83]] runs north–south from [[Denver|central Denver]] to northern Colorado Springs. [[Colorado State Highway 94|State Highway 94]] runs east–west from western [[Cheyenne County, Colorado|Cheyenne County]] to eastern Colorado Springs where it terminates at [[U.S. Route 24|US 24]]. US 24 is a major route through the city and county, providing access to Woodland Park via Ute Pass to the west and downtown, Nob Hill and numerous suburbs to the east. It is co-signed with Platte Ave after SH 21 and originally carried local traffic through town. The Martin Luther King Jr Bypass runs from I-25 near Circle Drive along Fountain Blvd to SH 21, then east again. [[Colorado State Highway 115|State Highway 115]] begins in [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]], traveling north along the western edge of Fort Carson; when it reaches the city limits it merges with Nevada Avenue, a signed Business Route of US 85. US 85 and SH 115 are concurrent between Lake Avenue and I-25. [[U.S. Route 85 in Colorado|US 85]] enters the city at Fountain and was signed at Venetucci Blvd, Lake Avenue, and Nevada Avenue{{efn|In addition, there were plans to develop a "Front Range Toll Road", a privately owned [[Toll road|turnpike]], which would begin south of Pueblo and end around Fort Collins. This toll road would allow rail and truck traffic to avoid the more highly traveled parts of I-25 along the Front Range. Initially, the project had support but has since been highly contested because of the need to condemn the land of many private citizens, through the use of [[eminent domain]], to make room for the corridor.<ref>{{cite web |title=? |url=http://www.nosuperslab.org/crap/how_to.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303061620/http://www.nosuperslab.org/crap/how_to.html |archive-date=March 3, 2014}}</ref>}} at various points in history; however most of US 85 is concurrent with I-25 and is not signed.

In 2004, the voters of Colorado Springs and El Paso County established the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 28, 2009 |title=PPRTA Homepage |url=http://www.pprta.com/ |access-date=October 5, 2009 |publisher=Pprta.com |archive-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827005306/http://www.pprta.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>