Denver’s hottest neighborhood has a choke point.

Over the past decade, RiNo has been a redevelopment hot spot, with apartment complexes, hotels and office buildings going up where warehouses and auto repair shops once stood.

But when those new residents and workers jump in their cars to and from work, many wind up sitting in the same spot, backed up waiting to go under the 38th Avenue underpass.

The underpass runs under the railroad tracks that divide RiNo in two and narrows to just one lane in each direction, with a traffic signal on either side. It’s one of only two ways for cars to get from one side of the neighborhood to the other. The second, an underpass along Broadway, is wider but all the way at RiNo’s other end.

As a result, 38th Street at 9 a.m. or 5 p.m. is a guaranteed head

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