U.S. Route 50 in Colorado
- U.S. Route 50 in Colorado
Infobox road
state=CO
type=US
route=50
alternate_name=
length_mi=467.583
length_round=3
length_ref=[Colorado Department of Transportation, [http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=HighwaysMain&MenuType=Highways Highway Data] , accessed July 2007] ]
yrcom=1926
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
previous_type=SH
previous_route=47
next_type=SH
next_route=52In the U.S. state of Colorado, U.S. Highway 50 is a major east-west route. It crosses the Rocky Mountains, passing over the Continental Divide at Monarch Pass. Monarch Pass is the point where the US 50 reaches its highest elevation, at 11,312 feet. It then follows a path cut by the Arkansas River to the Kansas border. From Granada eastward into Kansas, US 50 overlaps U.S. Highway 400.
ee also
*Million Dollar Highway
Related U.S. Routes
*U.S. Highway 350
*U.S. Highway 550
References
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