Colorado State Highway 83

State Highway 83
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	77.26 mi[1] (124.34 km)
Major junctions
North end:	SH 2 in Denver
	I-225 in Aurora SH 86 in Franktown SH 21 in Gleneagle I-25 in Colorado Springs
South end:	SH 21 in Colorado Springs
Location
Counties:	Denver, Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 82 US 84 →

State Highway 83 is a state highway that runs from SH 21 interchange in north Colorado Springs to SH 2 at Leetsdale Dr. / Colorado Blvd. in Denver.

Route description

The route gives service through Colorado Springs as Academy Blvd from SH 115 to just south of the United States Air Force Academy (hence its name) , through the rural countryside to Franktown. It continues through the Denver-Metro area as Parker Road, then Leetsdale Drive. SH 83 ends at SH 2 / Colorado Boulevard in Central Denver.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[2]	Junction	Notes
El Paso		0	SH 115 – Cañon City, Colorado Springs	Southern terminus of SH 83
	Colorado Springs	1	Magrath Avenue
		2	I-25 – Denver, Pueblo
		2.5	US 85 / US 87 – Castle Rock, Fountain
		3	Bradley Road
		4	Drennan Road
		4.5	Hancock Expressway
		6	US 24 (Fountain Boulevard) – Manitou Springs, Limon
		7	Airport Road
		8	Platte Avenue
		15.5	Woodmen Road
		18	Briargate Parkway
		21	SH 21 south (Powers Boulevard) – Security-Widefield
		23	Gate Boulevard – Air Force Academy
		28.5	SH 105 west – Monument
		30.5	Palmer Divide Road
Douglas	Franktown	51	SH 86 – Castle Rock, Elizabeth
	Parker	62	E-470 – Lone Tree, Aurora, Limon
Arapahoe	Centennial	65.5	SH 88 west (Arapahoe Road)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Aurora	67	Chambers Road
		70	Hampden Avenue east	Interchange
		70.5	Vaughn Way, Dam Road
		71	I-225 – Greenwood Village, Aurora
		72.5	SH 30 (Havana Street)
		73	Iliff Avenue
	Glendale	76	Monaco Parkway
Denver		77	Alameda Avenue
		77.5	SH 2 (Colorado Boulevard) – Commerce City, Englewood	Northern terminus of SH 83
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ "Segment list for SH 83". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=083&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
2. ^ 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