THE GS TRAM SITE

DENVER

COLORADO, UNITED STATES

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13 May 1946

The Denver streetcar system after the abandonment of streetcar route 50 (E 22nd Ave. - Kalamath).


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Denver Streetcar map

INSET: CENTRAL DENVER

Denver downtown streetcar map – 1946



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DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS AFTER 1946 MAY 12 (affected route numbers in parantheses)


STREETCAR ROUTES

Operator: Denver Tramway Corporation (DT)

  1 Broadway Central Loop - 15th St. - Broadway - Alaska Av.
  2 Broadway Central Loop - 15th St. - Broadway - Colorado Av.
  3 Englewood Central Loop - 15th St. - Broadway - Colorado Av. - Englewood (Hampden Av.)
  5 Berkeley / S. Gaylord Berkeley Pk. - W.32nd Av. - 16th St. - 17th St. - Broadway - E. Alameda Av. - S.Gaylord St. - E.Louisiana Av.
  6 E 6th Av. Union Depot - 17th St. - Broadway - E 6th Av. - Madison St.
  7 S. Pearl Central Loop - 15th St. - Broadway - E 1st Av. - Penn St. - S.Pearl St. - E.Jewel Av.
  8 University Park Central Loop - 15th St. - Broadway - E 1st Av. - Penn St. - S.Pearl St. - E.Evans Av. - Denver U.
10 Colfax Central Loop - 15th St. - E.Colfax Av. - Birch St.
14 Aurora Central Loop - 15th St. - E.Colfax Av. - Montclair (Quebec St.)
20 E 17th Av. Union Depot - 17th St. - E.17th Av. - City Park (Monroe St.)
28 W 44th Av. / E 28th Ave. Berkeley Pk. - Lowell Blvd. - 44th Av. - Tejon St. - 16th St. - 17th St. - Welton St. - E.28th Av. - Josephine St.
40 Park Hill Union Depot - 17th St. - E.17th Av. - Colorado Blvd. - 23rd Av. - Park Hill (Hudson St.)
61 Larimer Sheridan Blvd. - W.Colfax Av. - Larimer St. - E40th Ave. & High St.
64 E 34th Av. Central Loop - 15th St. - Stout St. - Downing St. - E.34th Av. - Cook St.
72 Cherokee Central Loop - 15th St. - [15th St.] [Back: Curtis St. - 17th St. - Larimer St.] - Curtis St. - 13th St. - Delaware St. - Elati St. - W.6th Av.
75 Barnum Central Loop - Larimer St. - W.Colfax Av. - Federal Blvd. - Knox Court - Barnum
81 Arvada Interurban Loop - 16th St. - W.32nd Av. - Berkeley Pk. - Arvada
82 Leyden Interurban Loop - 16th St. - W.32nd Av. - Berkeley Pk. - Arvada - Leyden
83 Golden Interurban Loop - 16th St. - W.32nd Av. - Berkeley Pk. - Golden
84 Golden Interurban Loop - Champa St. - Larimer St. - W.Colfax Av. - Federal Blvd. - W.12th Av. - Lakewood - Golden

NB: Routes 81-84 were Interurban lines. Route 84 was operated by the Denver & Intermountain RR, a subsidiary of DT.



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Special thanks to Russell Powers from Denver CO for information on the history of the Denver system.



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