Colorado State Highway 71

State Highway 71
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	224.65 mi[1] (361.54 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 350 near La Junta
	US 50 near Rocky Ford I-70 in Limon US 24 / US 40 / US 287 in Limon US 36 at Last Chance I-76 near Brush
North end:	N-71 south of Kimball
Location
Counties:	Otero, Crowley, Lincoln, Washington, Morgan, Weld
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 69 SH 72 →

State Highway 71 is a 224-mile (360 km) long state highway passing several other highways in northern and central Colorado. The route runs south from the Nebraska border to La Junta.

Route description

SH 71 begins at its southern terminus with US Highway 350 in La Junta, Colorado. It proceeds north into Crowley County and the city of Ordway, where it is signed as Phantom Avenue. The highway continues northward to a junction with Interstate 70 adjacent to U.S. Highway 24.

In La Junta, the highway continues north for several miles to Ordway, then it takes a northeast turn to Limon. It then goes back north and skirts the town of Brush. It then heads through rural country to Nebraska

In Stoneham, the state portion of the road overlaps County Road 142 and heads to the north. The route takes a northeast turn and continues in to Nebraska as Nebraska Highway 71.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Junction	Notes
Otero		0	US 350 – Trinidad, La Junta	Southern terminus of SH 71
		9	SH 10 – Walsenburg, La Junta
	Rocky Ford	14	US 50 east – La Junta	Eastern end of US 50 overlap
		16.5	US 50 west – Pueblo	Western end of US 50 overlap
Crowley	Ordway	26.5	SH 96 west – Pueblo
		27	SH 96 east – Eads
Lincoln	Punkin Center	72.5	SH 94 – Rush, Wild Horse
	Limon	101	US 24 west / US 40 / US 287 – Colorado Springs, Denver	Western end of US 24/40/287 overlap
		102	US 24 east / US 40 / US 287 – Burlington, Hugo, Kit Carson	Eastern end of US 24/40/287 overlap
Washington	Last Chance	138	US 36 – Denver, Cope
Morgan		175	US 34 east – Akron	Eastern end of US 34 overlap
	Brush	176	US 34 west – Fort Morgan	Western end of US 34 overlap
		177	I-76 – Fort Morgan, Sterling
Weld		199	SH 14 east – Sterling	Eastern end of SH 14 overlap
	Stoneham	204	SH 14 west – Fort Collins	Western end of SH 14 overlap
		224	N-71 north – Kimball	Northern terminus of SH 71
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ "Segment list for SH 71". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=071&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
2. ^ Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed October 2009: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost

External links

• Colorado Routes 60-79 the The Highways of Colorado