17Īnother option presented by ODOT in November 2003, proposed separating through traffic on I-70/71 from Downtown-bound traffic, possibly through the use of collector distributor lanes.

In exchange, the former route of Interstate 70 between Exits 98 and 105 A, including the notorious interchange with I-71, would be replaced with a 35 MPH boulevard. 33 (Exit 105) linking the new route to the existing I-70. East from there, I-70 would overtake SR 104, and a new connection would be constructed in the vicinity of U.S. This plan would take I-70 onto a new alignment at Exit 98, connecting with Interstate 71 and SR 104 south of Downtown and continuing southeast of the former Cooper Stadium. One option considered was to reroute Interstate 70 south of its current alignment between Exit 98/U.S. Some of the options include converting portions of Interstate 70 into an at-grade boulevard, adding various collector distributor lanes parallel to the freeway, additional lanes, or doing nothing. Within Columbus, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) studied several options to deal with worsening congestion in Downtown in the early 2000s. However, once in Maryland, Interstate 70 again closely follows U.S. 40 parallel each other closely, with a deviation from Washington, Pennsylvania, to Hancock, Maryland. 40 out of Denver to Limon, where it combines with U.S.

40 meets Interstate 70 for the first time at Empire, and these two routes intertwine from there east to Baltimore. 50 splits south at Grand Junction, leaving I-70 to follow U.S. Between Green River and Grand Junction, Interstate 70 remains merged with U.S. 50, although prior to the construction of the freeway, U.S.

From Cove Fort east to Green River, Interstate 70 largely follows U.S.

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