Colorado is one of 35 worldwide semifinalists vying to build a hyperloop, proposing a 40-mile high-speed link between Denver International Airport and Greeley.

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One received 2,600 proposals in five months to build the levitation-based technology that would carry passengers and cargo at speeds of up to 700 mph, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The finalists will be announced in May.

“We are excited about the opportunity to provide the progressive perspective that Hyperloop One brings — it will change our customers’ current perception of transportation, and as a result, revolutionize what we think we know,” CDOT Executive Director Shailen Bhatt said in a statement.

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This file image released by Tesla Motors shows a sketch of the Hyperloop capsule with passengers onboard. When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk published fanciful plans to shoot capsules full of people at the speed of sound through a tube connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco, he asked the public to perfect his rough plans. From tinkerers to engineers, the race is on.

This file image released by Tesla Motors shows a sketch of the Hyperloop capsule with passengers onboard. When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk published fanciful plans to shoot capsules full of people at the speed of sound through a tube connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco, he asked the public to perfect his rough plans. From tinkerers to engineers, the race is on.