 E-470 | ||||
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 Map of the Denver metropolitan area with C-470 in red and E-470 in green | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by E-470 Public Highway Authority | ||||
| Length | 46.950 mi[1] (75.559 km) | |||
| Existed | 1991–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    I-25 / US 87 / SH 470 in Lone Tree | |||
| North end |  I-25 / US 87 / Northwest Parkway in Thornton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Colorado | |||
| Counties | Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver, Adams | |||
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E-470 is a 47-mile-long (76 km) controlled-access toll road that traverses the eastern portion of the Denver metropolitan area in the US state of Colorado. It is the eastern half of the 470 beltway that serves Meridian, Parker, Aurora, Denver International Airport, and Brighton.
The toll road is neither a state highway nor an Interstate Highway and is instead owned and maintained by the E-470 Public Highway Authority, which is controlled by a governing board of eight elected officials of eight local governments. Construction and operation involves no state or federal funding or taxes, with the exception of a $10 fee[2] originally charged on vehicle registrations for residents of Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties. Historically, 86±2% of the road's revenues have come from tolls.[3]
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation (n.d.). Highway Data Explorer (Map). Colorado Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ Snowdon, Quincy (March 9, 2015). "E-470 toll-road license fees should end in 2018, says Aurora mayor". Aurora Sentinel. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "Investor Relations". E-470. Retrieved November 29, 2022.. A notable exception being 2020 where 82% of revenue came from tolls as a result of the significantly reduced traffic caused by Colorado's COVID-19 lockdowns.