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Colorado State Highway 5 (SH 5) is a 14.89-mile-long (23.96 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado that is the highest paved road in North America with its upper terminus at 14,140 feet (4,310 m) elevation near the summit of Mount Blue Sky and its lower terminus at 10,650 feet (3,246 m) elevation at State Highway 103 near Echo Lake.
From the start, the road was planned in terms of the scenic vistas along the way. [3] The route was set by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and for a while, between 1915 and 1920, it was to be the primary access road for a proposed National Park comprising much of what is now the Mount Evans Wilderness Area. [4]
Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,266.1-foot (4,348 m) fourteener is located 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Clear Creek in Arapaho National ...
USGS Mount Evans Guanella Pass (elevation 11,669 ft or 3,557 m) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado , in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States . The pass is located in southwestern Clear Creek County , in the Front Range west of Denver and south of Georgetown .
Columbia County recently announced a road closure in the Evans Towne Center area for Summer Beach Blast event this weekend.
The 115-mile (185 km) byway showcases the two highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains: Mount Elbert at elevation 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m) and Mount Massive at elevation 14,428 feet (4,398 m). The byway connects with the Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway at the junction of Colorado State Highway 82 and U.S. Highway 24.
The Guanella Pass Scenic Byway is a National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Park counties, Colorado, USA.The byway traverses Guanella Pass at elevation 11,670 feet (3,557 m) in Arapaho and Pike national forests.
The turn-around will direct traffic away from Perry Highway, where Old Glenwood Park meets Young Road. The goal is to reduce vehicle crashes at the intersection.