Colorado State Highway 7

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State Highway 7
Length:	81.64 mi (131 km)
West end:	US 36 in Estes Park
East end:	I-76 in Brighton
Colorado State Highways < US 6 SH 8 >

State Highway 7 in the U.S. state of Colorado is a state highway. Approximately 83 miles long, it is located in the north-central portion of the state, traversing the mountains on the east of the continental divide south of Estes Park as well as portions of the Colorado Piedmont north of Denver. The northwestern segment of the highway is part of the Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway and furnishes an access route to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. In its southeast portion it skirts the northern end of the Denver Metropolitan Area, providing an access route connecting Boulder, Lafayette and Brighton with Interstate 25 and Interstate 76.

The highway is two lanes along the entire route except for portions in the cities and towns.

Termini:

Northwest end: The junction of U.S. Highway 36 at N. St. Vrain and S. St. Vrain avenues in Estes Park.

Southeast end: The interchange of Interstate 76 (Exit 25) in Brighton.

Contents 1 Description of route 2 Location 3 Highway Junctions 4 See also

[edit] Description of route

From Estes Park, the highway climbs into the mountains of southwest Larimer County and skirts the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park, providing the closest vehicle approach to the popular trailhead to the summit of Longs Peak. At the community of Raymond, it turns to the east and follows the St. Vrain River downstream onto the piedmont at Lyons, where it intersects U.S. Highway 36 (the Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway continues south from Raymond as Colorado State Highway 72). South of Lyons it is concurrent with U.S. 36 along the base of the foothills to Boulder (this section is signed only as U.S. 36). It runs straight east from Boulder as the extension of Arapahoe Avenue to U.S. Highway 287 north of Lafayette, jogging one mile to the south while concurrent with U.S. 287, then going due east again, as Baseline Road, to Interstate 25. East of I-25 it jogs one mile south, then due east as 160th Avenue (part of the Greater Denver street numbering system) through Brighton to Interstate 76 in the eastern part of Brighton.

[edit] Location

Counties Larimer Boulder Weld (south boundary) Broomfield Adams Cities and Towns Estes Park Lyons Boulder Lafayette Erie (south boundary at Erie Municipal Airport) Broomfield Thornton Brighton

[edit] Highway Junctions

• Source: Segment List for SH 7, per CDOT, obsolete 2003
• Source: Segment List for SH 7, per M.E.Salek

Milepost	City	Junction
0	Estes Park	U.S. Route 36
14.91	Allenspark	SR 7 Business Loop
16.08	Ferncliff	SR 7 Business Loop
19.24	near Raymond	State Highway 72
32.99	Lyons	U.S. Route 36 Begin multiplex 19.49 mi.
50.89	Boulder	State Highway 119 Begin multiplex 1.40 mi.
52.29	Boulder	State Highway 119 End multiplex
52.48	Boulder	U.S. Route 36 End multiplex
53.45	Boulder	Image:Colorado 157.svg State Highway 157 (Foothills Parkway)
59.29	Lafayette	State Highway 42
60.68	Lafayette	U.S. Route 287 Begin multiplex 1.19 mi.
61.87	Lafayette	U.S. Route 287 End multiplex
68.38	Broomfield	Interstate 25
76.98	Brighton	U.S. Route 85
77.29	Brighton	State Highway 2
81.64	Brighton	Interstate 76 Terminus

[edit] See also

• List of Colorado State Highways