Colorado State Highway 141

Colorado State Highway 141

State Highway 141 marker

State Highway 141
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length: 159.7 mi[1] (257.0 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 491.svg US 491 near Dove Creek
  Colorado 145.svg SH 145 near Naturita
Colorado 90.svg SH 90
US 50.svgUS 50 near Whitewater
North end: I-70 Bus. at Grand Junction
Highway system

Colorado State Highways

SH 140 SH 142

State Highway 141 is a 159.7 mi (257.0 km) long state highway in far western Colorado. Though nominally oriented north–south, SH 141 winds around a considerable amount due to the rugged terrain and ultimately forms a giant S shape.

Route description

Beginning west of Dove Creek, the highway runs north, then swings east to drop into a canyon and cross the Dolores River at Slick Rock. SH 141 follows the Dolores for a short while, then continues east through Gypsum Gap, then north through Broad Canyon. At a junction with SH 145 the highway turns west through Naturita, then northwest following the San Miguel River to the Dolores River. It continues a winding path northwest along the Dolores to Gateway. There it turns northeast, running through the Unaweep Canyon to the Gunnison River valley where it joins US 50 at Whitewater. The highway heads northwest alongside the Gunnison River, splitting off from US 50 as it nears Grand Junction. It heads north across the Colorado River and ends at a junction with I-70 Bus. east of Grand Junction.[2]

SH 141 between Naturita and Whitewater is part of the Colorado designated Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway.[3]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Destination Notes
Dolores 0.000 US 491 South end of route
San Miguel
No major intersections in San Miguel County
Montrose 56.705 SH 145
Naturita 60.452 SH 97
62.436 SH 90
Mesa Whitewater 154.109 US 50 Begin concurrency
156.746 US 50 End concurrency
Grand Junction 162.297 I-70 Bus. North end of route

References

  1. ^ a b "Segment Descriptions for Highway 141". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=141&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2008-03-25. 
  2. ^ Colorado Atlas & Gazetteer (Third ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 1997. pp. 43,54,55,64,65,74. ISBN 0-89933-206-4. 
  3. ^ "Unaweep Tabeguache". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/southwest/unaweep-tabeguache. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 

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