Colorado State Highway 71

State Highway 71
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length: 224.65 mi[1] (361.54 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 350 near La Junta
  US 50 near Rocky Ford
I-70 in Limon
US 24 / US 40 / US 287 in Limon
US 36 at Last Chance
I-76 near Brush
North end: N-71 south of Kimball
Location
Counties: Otero, Crowley, Lincoln, Washington, Morgan, Weld
Highway system

Colorado State Highways

← SH 69 SH 72 →

State Highway 71 is a 224-mile (360 km) long state highway passing several other highways in northern and central Colorado. The route runs south from the Nebraska border to La Junta.

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Route description

SH 71 begins at its southern terminus with US Highway 350 in La Junta, Colorado. It proceeds north into Crowley County and the city of Ordway, where it is signed as Phantom Avenue. The highway continues northward to a junction with Interstate 70 adjacent to U.S. Highway 24.

In La Junta, the highway continues north for several miles to Ordway, then it takes a northeast turn to Limon. It then goes back north and skirts the town of Brush. It then heads through rural country to Nebraska

In Stoneham, the state portion of the road overlaps County Road 142 and heads to the north. The route takes a northeast turn and continues in to Nebraska as Nebraska Highway 71.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Junction Notes
Otero 0 US 350 – Trinidad, La Junta Southern terminus of SH 71
9 SH 10 – Walsenburg, La Junta
Rocky Ford 14 US 50 east – La Junta Eastern end of US 50 overlap
16.5 US 50 west – Pueblo Western end of US 50 overlap
Crowley Ordway 26.5 SH 96 west – Pueblo
27 SH 96 east – Eads
Lincoln Punkin Center 72.5 SH 94 – Rush, Wild Horse
Limon 101 US 24 west / US 40 / US 287 – Colorado Springs, Denver Western end of US 24/40/287 overlap
102 US 24 east / US 40 / US 287 – Burlington, Hugo, Kit Carson Eastern end of US 24/40/287 overlap
Washington Last Chance 138 US 36 – Denver, Cope
Morgan 175 US 34 east – Akron Eastern end of US 34 overlap
Brush 176 US 34 west – Fort Morgan Western end of US 34 overlap
177 I-76 – Fort Morgan, Sterling
Weld 199 SH 14 east – Sterling Eastern end of SH 14 overlap
Stoneham 204 SH 14 west – Fort Collins Western end of SH 14 overlap
224 N-71 north – Kimball Northern terminus of SH 71
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 71". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=071&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

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