Do you struggle remembering which one-way street in downtown Grand Junction goes west and which one goes east?
A reliable method is knowing first where you want to end up because Pitkin Avenue travels eastward, toward Pitkin County, which is home to Aspen, and Ute Avenue travels westward, toward Utah.
A section of the Interstate 70 Business Loop, Pitkin Avenue begins around Second Street and ends at 14th Street and Ute Avenue begins at 15th Street, ending around First Street. The two street names are taken from western Coloradoâs late-1800s history and are part of the original town plat, designed in 1881 by the Grand Junction Town and Improvement Company, which was headed by entrepreneur George Crawford.