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State Highway 88 (SH 88) is a state highway in Denver and
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. SH 88's northern terminus is at Interstate 70 Business (I-70 Bus.),
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(US 40) and US 287 in Denver, and the eastern terminus is at SH 83 in
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Route description

SH 88 is a 21.7 mile (34.9 km) long highway, starting at a cloverleaf intersection at
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) and Federal Boulevard in Denver. It starts as a six lane highway going south with a 35 mph speed limit. It then interchanges with the 6th Avenue Freeway (
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) before passing through the west Denver neighborhoods. Continuing south, it interchanges at US 285's final exit as a freeway entering
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. It then turns east on Belleview with three lanes in each direction and a 40 mph speed limit. It passes under US 85 and goes through another neighborhood with two lanes in each direction approaching
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. The route enters the
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and becomes concurrent with Interstate 25 from exit 199 to exit 197 at Arapahoe Road. SH-88 continues east with a 40 mph speed limit on Arapahoe Road with three lanes in each direction passing through Centennial and north of Centennial Airport with a 55 mph speed limit until it reaches its eastern terminus at Parker Road ( State Highway 83) in Foxfield.


History

SH 88 was an original 1920's highway that originally ran along Belleview from Broadway to Parker Road in Greenwood Village. In 1939, it was extended east along Quincy Avenue into the now defunct Lowry Field Bombing Range until 1954. The western extension to Santa Fe (US 85) was completed by 1956.


Cherry creek reservoir construction

Construction of the dam didn't start until 1948. Before that, there was an old wooden bridge that passed over cherry creek until it was destroyed in a fire in which the state abandoned the road. However, state maps still showed the section of Belleview by 1958.


Present day

In 1959, the section along Arapahoe road was added, originally as a gravel road and it wasn't paved until 1961. The section of Federal Blvd in Sheridan was originally signed as SH 75 and was renumbered to SH 88 in 1968. Arapahoe Road didn't become an expressway until it was built east to Peoria Street in 1977 and the final stretch to SH 83 (Parker Rd.) wasn't finished until 1990. The intersection of Arapahoe Road and Parker Road used to have a triple left going from eastbound to northbound and was one of the most congested intersections in the Denver Metro Area. It was later upgraded to an interchange where Parker Road now continues north without stopping. The interchange was completed in 2012.


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