“Top of the Rockies”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Top of the Rockies

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Route description
Points of interest
Major intersections
Main route Fremont Pass route
See also
References
External links

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Top of the Rockies is the name of a National Scenic Byway in Colorado, in the Western United States. Most of the byway is above {{convert|9000|ft|m|abbr=on}} and thus the name of the byway is Top of the Rockies. The byway goes over Tennessee Pass to the mining town of Leadville, Colorado.

Route description

{{Main|Colorado State Highway 82|U.S. Route 24 in Colorado|Colorado State Highway 91}}

The byway starts in Aspen, traveling on {{nowrap|SH 82}} east over Independence Pass and near the Twin Lakes to just north of the town of Granite. The route then continues north on {{nowrap|US 24}} through Leadville to Interstate 70 (I-70). A spur of the byway continues along the entire length of {{nowrap|SH 91}} from Leadville to Copper Mountain, through Fremont Pass.^[1]

Points of interest

Tennessee Pass — A pass in the Rockies
Leadville, Colorado — highest incorporated city in the United States
Valley of the Ghosts — A grouping of three ghost towns
Mount Elbert — Highest peak in Colorado

Major intersections

Main route

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Fremont Pass route

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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/south-central/top-rockies|title=Top of the Rockies – CDOT|author=Staff|publisher=Colorado Department of Transportation|deadurl=no|accessdate=December 30, 2013}}

External links

Road Trip on the Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway
[https://www.codot.gov/travel/scenic-byways/scenic-byways/top-of-the-rockies Top of the Rockies on Official Colorado Byways site]
[https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/byways/2119 Top of the Rockies]

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