Alongside old Route 6 at the southwest corner of downtown Grand Junction are two magnificent railroad Depots. On the left is the Denver and Rio Grand Western crew station, and on the right is the passenger station that over the years has hosted famous trains including one of the earliest streamlined trains, the California Zephyr. Route 6 follows the D&RGW route in western Colorado and eastern Utah. (May 2003 photo)

Along with Route 6 becoming transcontinental in the 1930s came many road improvements, including bridges like this 1937 one over the Colorado River just east of Palisade. (July 1998 photo)

A busy day on Route 6 just east of Grand Junction. From here eastward, all the way to Walcott in central Colorado, the highway follows the Colorado River along with the D&RGW and I-70. Two famous visual icons along the route are juxtaposed in this May 2001 photo: Little Book Cliffs in the background and McDonald's arches in the foreground.