Colorado State Highway 9

State Highway 9
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	138.92 mi[1] (223.57 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 50 near Cañon City
North end:	US 40 in Kremmling
Location
Counties:	Fremont, Park, Summit, Grand
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 8 SH 10 →

State Highway 9 in the U.S. state of Colorado is a 138-mile (222 km) long state highway through central Colorado.

Route description

State Highway 9 starts at a junction with US 50 west of Cañon City. It heads northwest, following Currant Creek most of the way to Currant Creek Pass where it enters an open area known as South Park. The south fork of the South Platte is crossed as the highway enters Hartsel and a junction with US 24. SH 9 follows US 24 west for 0.5 mi (0.80 km), then splits off to head northwest again. Just south of Fairplay, it joins northbound US 285. At Fairplay SH 9 leaves US 285 to head northwest, following the middle fork of the South Platte most of the way to Hoosier Pass where it crosses the Continental Divide 11,532 ft (3,515 m) above sea level. Switchbacks drop the highway to the Blue River which it follows north through Breckenridge to Dillon Reservoir. The highway goes around the west side of the reservoir, through Frisco and joins I 70 as it heads northeast. At Silverthorne, SH 9 leaves I 70 to continue northwest alongside the Blue River. SH 9 crosses the Colorado River just before it's termination at a junction with US 40 in Kremmling.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
Fremont		0.000	US 50
Park	Hartsel	46.980	US 24	Begin concurrency
		47.582	US 24	End concurrency
		63.732	US 285	Begin concurrency
	Fairplay	64.673	US 285	End concurrency
Summit	Frisco	96.998	I-70	Begin concurrency
	Silverthorne	101.562	I-70	End concurrency
Grand	Kremmling	138.920	US 40
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ "Segment list for SH 9". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=009&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
2. ^ Colorado Atlas & Gazetteer (3rd ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 1997. pp. 27,37,38,61. ISBN 0-89933-206-4.