Three major highway corridors, E-470, I-70 and I-225, give Aurora workers and businesses fast access to the region. The 47-mile E-470 is a metro outer belt and tollway that runs along Aurora’s eastern perimeter. The road links Aurora to the metro area’s southern and northern suburbs and provides them a direct route to Denver International Airport. E-470 was completed in 2003 and is currently the scene of major commercial and residential development in Aurora.
I-70 is the Aurora/Denver metro area’s major east/west corridor. It is the heart of the Rocky Mountain region’s most significant industrial and distribution complex. In Aurora, the corridor is home to 12 million square feet of distribution space in Class A industrial parks with room to grow.
I-225 runs north/south through the heart of Aurora. It ties the I-70 industrial corridor on the north to the region’s largest office district along I-25 to the south. The highway simplifies access to Aurora’s central commercial and office districts and Fitzsimons, the region’s bioscience center.
Other major interstates in the vicinity include (I-76 and I-270), plus regional highways (US 6, US 36, US 85, US 285). Nearly 700 motor freight companies use these roadways to serve the metro area and beyond.
In addition, Aurora’s high-capacity local roadways supply excellent circulation and traffic flows to all points throughout the city. Easy access to Denver International Airport occurs via I-70, 56th Avenue, Airport Boulevard, and Pena Boulevard.
The T-REX project (Transportation Expansion Project) is a $1.67 billion transportation project in the metro area’s southeast I-25 corridor. The project combines the construction of new interstate lanes and light rail to address traffic congestion in one of the area’s major employment corridors just to the south of Aurora. Upon completion in 2006, the T-Rex will greatly facilitate the flow of traffic between neighborhoods and employment centers to the benefit of Aurora and the entire metro region.
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