Colorado State Highway 63

State Highway 63
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	56.4 mi[1] (90.8 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 36 at Anton
	US 34 at Akron I-76 exit 115 south of Atwood
North end:	US 6 at Atwood, CO
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 62 SH 64 →

State Highway 63 is a 56.4 mi (90.8 km) long state highway in northeastern Colorado.

Route description

SH 63 begins in the south at a junction with U.S. Highway 36 at Anton and proceeds north through remote, sparsely populated land for roughly 29 miles (47 km) before reaching a junction with U.S. Highway 34 at Akron. From there, the route continues north for a further 24 miles (39 km) to cross Interstate 76 at that highway's exit 115 and after roughly four more miles arrives at its northern terminus at U.S. Highway 6 in Atwood.

History

SH 63 was defined in the 1920s by the Colorado Department of Transportation, when it connected State Highway 96 in Haswell to Atwood at U.S. Route 6. A gap appeared near Haswell in 1946. The section was later deleted by 1954, leaving its current routing from Anton to Atwood. This section was paved by 1961.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destination	Notes
Washington	Anton	0.000	US 36	South end of route
	Akron	29.006	US 34 (1st Avenue)
Logan		53.290	I-76
	Atwood	56.412	US 6	North end of route
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Segment Descriptions for Highway 63". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=063&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
2. ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 60-79". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r60-79.html#63. Retrieved 04-11-2010.