Colorado State Highway 96

State Highway 96
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	207.45 mi[1] (333.86 km)
Major junctions
West end:	SH 69 in Westcliffe
	I-25 in Pueblo US 50 in Pueblo US 287 near Eads US 385 in Sheridan Lake
East end:	K-96 at Kansas border
Location
Counties:	Custer, Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 95 SH 97 →

State Highway 96 is a state highway in eastern Colorado. Its eastern terminus is at the Kansas state line east of Towner where it continues as K-96; its western terminus is at State Highway 69 at Westcliffe.

The highway passes and intersects many major highways and several state highways along its 207 mile route.

History

The route was established in the 1920s, when the routing was exactly as it is today. Several portions were paved by 1946 including the segment from Pueblo to Boone, Olney Springs to Sugar City, and from Haswell to the Kansas state line. The segment of SH 96 concurrent with US 50 was constructed as a expressway by 1957. The entire route was paved by 1964.^[2]

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Custer	Westcliffe	0.000	SH 69 – Walsenburg, Salida	Western terminus
		16.5	SH 165 south – Rye, Colorado City
	Wetmore	26	SH 67 north – Florence
Pueblo	Pueblo	52	SH 45 (Pueblo Boulevard)
		54	Abreindo Avenue
		55.5	Santa Fe Avenue
		55.5	I-25 – Colorado Springs, Walsenburg
		56	SH 227 south – Salt Creek
		57	Troy Avenue
		58	SH 47 west
		58	US 50 west – Canon City	Western terminus of US 50 overlap
		61	Paul Harvey Boulevard- Pueblo Memorial Airport
		61.5	SH 233 south (Baxter Road)
		64	SH 231 south
		68.5	3rd Street- Pueblo Chemical Depot
		70	US 50 east – La Junta	Eastern end of US 50 overlap
	Boone	75	SH 209 south
		76	Boone Road
Crowley	Crowley	99	SH 207 south – Manzanola
	Ordway	105	SH 71 – Rocky Ford, Punkin Center
Kiowa	Eads	165	US 287 north – Kit Carson	West end of US 287 overlap
		168	US 287 south – Lamar	East end of US 287 overlap
	Sheridan Lake	193	US 385 – Cheyenne Wells, Lamar
		207.5	K-96 east – Tribune	Eastern terminus of SH 96 in Colorado

References

1. ^ "Segment list for SH 96". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=096&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
2. ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 80-99". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r80-99.html#96. Retrieved 2010-05-29.