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| | End of U.S. Highway 285 [II] |
 | | In 1979, when the 285 designation was truncated back to its current terminus at the I-25 interchange, all (except the northernmost mile) of the decommissioned segment became part of Colorado Highway 30 (the west end of which used to be on 6th Avenue at Havana, as shown on the map on this page). |
 | | That's when the designation "US 285" was given to the same basic route that the highway follows today: southwest from Denver, then through central Colorado, New Mexico, and west Texas. |
 | | Personally, I think signage for 285 should change at the C-470 interchange: signs along 285 southwest of there wouldn't change, but east of C-470 it would be considered an east/west route and signed accordingly. |
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