Colorado State Highway 114

State Highway 114
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	61.7 mi[1] (99.3 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 50 east of Gunnison
East end:	US 285 at Saguache
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 113 SH 115 →

State Highway 114 is a 61.7 mi (99.3 km) long state highway in southern central Colorado.

Route description

SH 114 begins in the west at its junction with U.S. Highway 50 approximately eight miles east of Gunnison. From there the route initially proceeds southward for more than twenty miles (32 km) before turning more nearly eastward and entering Gunnison National Forest and climbing up to cross the Continental Divide at North Pass at an elevation of 10,149 ft (3,093 m). At North Pass the road crosses into Rio Grande National Forest through which it passes generally eastward for roughly four and a half miles before leaving National Forest Service land and continuing for a further twenty-six miles before reaching Saguache at the northern edge of the San Luis Valley. There the road finds its eastern terminus at U.S. Highway 285.

History

The route was defined in the 1920s, using a routing over Cochetopa Pass. By 1954, the route was paved for about 12 miles (19 km) and was paved for another 8 miles (13 km) two years later. In 1963, the section over Cochetopa Pass was deleted and North Pass was used instead, paved by 1964.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
Gunnison		0.000	US 50	West end of route
Saguache	Saguache	61.697	US 285	East end of route

References

1. ^ "Segment Descriptions for Highway 114". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=114&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
2. ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 100-119". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r100-119.html#114. Retrieved 04-12-2010.