- Colorado State Highway 71
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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 ← 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.
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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 • UnopenedReferences
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
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