The Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway is a 512-mile National Scenic Byway in the U.S. states of Utah and Colorado. The highway forms a diamond-shaped loop with vertices at Moab, Helper, Vernal and Grand Junction.
The segment within Utah is known as the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway. The segment within Colorado is known as the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic and Historic Byway. Notable features surrounding the Dinosaur Diamond include Dinosaur National Monument, the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, Colorado National Monument, and several national forests.
The path of Interstate 70 in Colorado is derived from two previous highways, U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 40. US 40 was an original piece of the U.S. Highway system commissioned in 1926. The portion now numbered U.S. Highway 6 came about in 1937 when the route over Vail Pass was paved. The first route through the path of Interstate 70 in Utah was the Old Spanish Trail, a trade route between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. The trail was in common use before the Mexican-American War in 1848.
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