US 34

U.S. Route 34
Game	American Truck Simulator: Colorado
State	Colorado
Length	201 mi (324 km)
Speed Limit	25-65 mph (40-105 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) US40 US 40 in Granby
	CO 0-201 mi (0-324 km) IS25IS76 I-25, I-76 US287 US 287 CO39CO52 SR 39, SR 52
	201 mi (324 km) US385 US 385 in Wray
Highway System
Previous	← US 30
	US
Next	US 40 →
← SH 30
CO
SH 39 →

U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east-west US Highway located in northern Colorado in American Truck Simulator. It runs from US 40 in Granby to Interstate 76 in Wiggins. There is also a short section of it in Wray that is not marked on the map nor connected to the main section directly. US 34 in real life runs 1122 miles (1806 km) between US 40 near Granby, CO, to Berwyn, IL, a suburb of Chicago.

Course

US 34 begins at its intersection with US 40 in Granby, CO. At the western feet of the Northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, it runs along the shore of what appears in the game to be Lake Granby, which could actually be an amalgamation of Lake Granby and Shadow Mountain Lake, as the town of Grand Lake in encountered on the shore.

What follows is Rocky Mountain National Park, which the highway crosses via the Trail Ridge Road, an incredibly scenic route forbidden to commercial vehicles; players can still move cargo over this road, with a $2000 fine being the only penalty. This stretch of the highway begins in the Kawuneeche Valley, at the head of which being the headwaters of the Colorado River. The highway switchbacks out of the valley, with the Never Summer Range to the west, as it climbs above the tree line to the Alpine Visitor Center, which features a rest stop and a viewpoint. Past the visitor center the highway reaches its summit at 12,183 feet; this is the highest point of the US Numbered Highway System, the third-highest paved road in the US, and, if the game is to correct scale in the Y-axis, the highest accessible point on the ATS map. Leaving the mountain tops of the Front Range, the highway winds down to the park's east entrance, and soon after passes through Estes Park. The 34 then runs through the narrow, winding canyon of the Big Thompson River, and leaves the mountains at Loveland, where westbound truckers are warned to avoid the Trail Ridge Road.

At Loveland the highway intersects with Interstate 25, after which it crosses the South Platte River and runs through the plains to Wiggins, where it meets Interstate 76. US 34 east of I-76 isn't mapped, but intersects with US 385 at Wray.

Cities

Colorado

• Steamboat Springs (via US 40)
• Fort Collins
• Sterling (via Interstate 70)

Scenery towns & Suburbs

• Granby
• Grand Lake
• Estes Park
• Loveland
• Wiggins
• Wray

Junction list

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Granby	0	0	US 40 – Steamboat Springs, Winter Park, Denver		Western Terminus
Grand Lake	12	19	Rest Stop
Rocky Mountain National Park	23	37	Park Entrance		Road closed to Commercial Vehicles. $20 toll paid at park entrance if not on job. Asked to turn around at entrance if on job, with a $2,000 fee for not complying.
	55	88	Alpine Visitor Center
	95	153	Park Entrance
Loveland	116	187	Cleveland Ave. US287 US 287 South		Southbound Only US 287 continuing south of US 34 is inaccessible.
	118	190	Lincoln Ave. US287 US 287 North – Fort Collins		Northbound Only
	128	206	I-25 - Denver, Fort Collins
Wiggins	174	280	CO39CO52 SR 39 and SR 52 - Goodrich, Wiggins Exit for I-76 West - Denver		Eastbound exit and Westbound entrance only Westbound exit and Eastbound entrance accessible from I-76 exit 66A
	184	296	I-76 East - Sterling		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
End of first section IS76 I-76 continues east
US34 US 34 continues west inaccessibly Beginning of second section
	184-187	296-302	Bushnell Farms depot
	194	313	Rest Stop
Wray	201	324	US385 US 385 - Burlington, Julesburg		Eastern terminus in game
US34 US 34 continues east inaccessibly

See also

• Information about U.S. Route 34 in real life