- Colorado State Highway 115
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State Highway 115 Route information Maintained by CDOT Length: 46.99 mi[1] (75.62 km) Major junctions North end: US 50 in Cañon City
SH 67 near Florence
SH 83 in Colorado Springs
South end: I-25 in Colorado Springs
Location Counties: Fremont, El Paso Highway system ← SH 114
SH 116 →
State Highway 115 is a state highway that runs from US 50 interchange in northern Cañon City to Interstate 25/ Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs.
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Route description
Major construction has been done on the mountainous portion of the highway due a high amount of accidents because of lane narrowing. Highway 115 gives service through several small towns along the eastern mountains such as Florence and Penrose. It is the only highway that gives in/out service to Colorado Springs from Cañon City.
History
The route was established in the 1920s, when it connected U.S. Route 50 near Florence to Colorado Springs. By 1950, the west terminus was fixed to State Highway 120 . The US 50 interchange was built by 1977, when the entire route was paved. A small change in the routing near its east end occurred in 2007.[2]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[3] Junction Notes Fremont Cañon City 0 US 50 – Salida, Pueblo
Southern terminus of SH 115 3 Ash St Brookside 4.5 MacKenzie Ave 5.5 Churchill Ave Florence 8 Frazier Ave 8.5 SH 67 north
Western end of SH 67 overlap 9 SH 67 south
Eastern end of SH 67 overlap 11 SH 120 east
14 US 50 east – Pueblo
14.5 US 50 west – Cañon City
El Paso Fort Carson 42 O'Connell Blvd Colorado Springs 43 SH 83 north (Academy Blvd)
44 Star Ranch Rd, Cheyenne Meadows Rd 45 Clubhouse Dr Southbound exit only 45.2 Cheyenne Mountain Blvd 45.5 SH 29 (Lake Ave)
46.5 Cheyenne Rd, Southgate Rd 47 I-25 south – Pueblo
47 I-25 north – Denver
References
- ^ "Segment list for SH 115". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=115&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 100-119". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r100-119.html#115. Retrieved 04-12-2010.
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed October 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost
Categories:- State highways in Colorado
- Transportation in Fremont County, Colorado
- Transportation in El Paso County, Colorado
- Transportation in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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