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The U.S. Highways in Colorado are the segments of the national United States Numbered Highway System that are owned and maintained by the state of Colorado. The longest of these highways is U.S. Highway 160 (US 160), which spans 497.223 miles (800.203 km) [ 1 ] across southern Colorado.
Heading north from the Colorado border, US 285 passes through the main part of the San Luis Valley, eventually reaching Alamosa. As the highway heads north, it begins to ascend to the northern end of the valley and eventually climbs over Poncha Pass , elevation 9,012 feet (2,747 m), and drops sharply down the other side into the Arkansas River ...
The numbered state highway system covers approximately 3,135 miles of road in Colorado, subtracting the total miles of Interstate and US Highways from 9,100 miles of the state highway system. [1] These are maintained using state funds which are collected by state and federal gas tax and a portion of vehicle registration fees. [2]
The section in Fort Collins was known as the "Denver Road". The section up the Poudre Canyon was built in the 1920s. The route as a Colorado state highway was established in the 1920s from its current western terminus all the way to Nebraska. In 1926, US 38 took over its routing from Sterling, its current eastern terminus, to Nebraska.
1955 map showing planned Interstate highways around Denver Colorado had already begun planning a modern inter-city route along the Front Range as early as 1944. The first section of freeway was also in 1944 which would later become Interstate 70 that originally terminated near I-25 in Denver before getting extended across the Rocky Mountains ...
U.S. Highway 385 (US 385), also known as the High Plains Highway north of Cheyenne Wells, is the easternmost significant north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado, and many of the state's major east–west routes intersect with US 385 before crossing into neighboring Kansas and Nebraska.
(COLORADO) — The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) is advising drivers across Colorado to be informed and plan routes due to a series of road closures across the state. According to the Colorado ...
[3]: 2–2 The Powers corridor was included in the National Highway System, [7]: 1 and studies were prepared to extend the road to I-25 north and south of Colorado Springs. [ 3 ] : 2–3 In June 1999, the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, and CDOT completed an agreement for a phased transfer of ownership for Powers Boulevard.