Front Range Urban Corridor

The Front Range Urban Corridor is a long stretch of cities and towns along the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. It includes 18 counties in the US states of Colorado and Wyoming. The name comes from the Front Range, a mountain chain that forms the western edge of this area and leads into the larger Rocky Mountains.

In 2020, about 5 million people lived in this region, and numbers keep growing. Big cities like Denver and Colorado Springs are here, along with smaller places such as Pueblo and Cheyenne. The main road connecting these cities is Interstate 25. People have talked about building a train system called the Front Range Passenger Rail, but it hasn’t been built yet. Plans for it are still being worked on.

Extent

The Front Range Urban Corridor is a long stretch of cities and towns. It runs about 200 miles from Pueblo, Colorado in the south to Cheyenne, Wyoming in the north, following Interstate 25.

Major areas in the corridor include the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The corridor’s influence reaches beyond its borders, affecting places like the Colorado Eastern Plains, Nebraska Panhandle, and Albany County, Wyoming, even though these places are not officially part of it. This corridor is part of a larger area called the Southern Rocky Mountain Front, which stretches further south into New Mexico, including cities like Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Counties

Municipalities

Wyoming jurisdictions

In Wyoming, the Front Range Urban Corridor includes the Town of Albin, the Town of Burns, the City of Cheyenne, the Town of Pine Bluffs, and unincorporated Laramie County.

Colorado jurisdictions

The Front Range Urban Corridor in Colorado has many towns and cities, plus some areas without towns. Bigger cities include Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, Loveland, and Pueblo. There are also smaller towns in many counties across the region.

The corridor is in Adams County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County, Clear Creek County, Douglas County, El Paso County, Elbert County, Fremont County, Gilpin County, Jefferson County, Larimer County, Park County, Pueblo County, Teller County, and Weld County.

Gallery of the most populous municipalities

Here are some important places in the Front Range Urban Corridor:

1. The Denver Art Museum in Denver.
2. The United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
3. The University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.
4. Downtown Fort Collins.
5. The Lakewood Civic Center in Lakewood.
6. Thornton welcome sign from Interstate 25.
7. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Arvada.
8. Westminster Castle in Westminster.
9. Downtown Pueblo.
10. City Hall in Greeley.
11. The Dry Creek Station in Centennial.
12. The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
13. The Longmont Safety and Justice Center in Longmont.
14. The Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.
15. The Interlocken Office Park in Broomfield.
16. The Castle Rock Depot in Castle Rock.
17. The Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
18. Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.
19. Mainstreet in downtown Parker.