Kiowa-Bennett Road

Source: https://www.codot.gov/library/studies/sh79pel/documents/sh-79pel-final-pel-report-112713-with.pdf

With the indirect connection to Kiowa‐Bennett Road south of I‐70 which connects to SH 86 at Kiowa, and south of Kiowa along Elbert Road to US 24, a 75‐mile north‐south roadway corridor exists. This is the only north‐south roadway corridor east of the Denver metro area until SH 71 at Limon, approximately 50 miles east of Bennett

If SH-79 was extended about 30 miles north, it could meet up with US-34.  This corridor would then connect Colorado Springs with Greeley.

The locations of Denver International Airport and Front Range Airport limit north‐south arterial continuity east of E‐470 until Kiowa‐Bennett Road, which provides north‐south continuity through Arapahoe County.  As residential and commercial growth continues along the Front Range, Kiowa‐ Bennett Road will increasingly become a popular north‐south alternative to I‐25 and E‐470.