| U.S. Route 350 | ||||
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| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length: | 73.00 mi[1] (117.48 km) | |||
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| West end: | US 160 near Trinidad | |||
| East end: | US 50 in La Junta | |||
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U.S. Highway 350 is a 73-mile (117 km) long northeast-southwest United States highway located entirely within the state of Colorado.
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US 350 starts at a junction with US 160 northeast of Trinidad, Colorado. The highway runs northeast, past the Perry Stokes Airport and crossing the Purgatoire River. It then continues the rest of its length along a route chosen by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and close to the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. The highway passes just northeast of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, then crosses Comanche National Grassland before a junction with SH 71 going north.[2] At La Junta, the highway turns east on 5th Street, then north on Barnes Avenue before ending at a junction with US 50.
Until the 1990s, US 350 continued on into Trinidad, where it intersected with Interstate 25. Prior to the creation of I-25, the road terminated at U.S. Highway 85 and U.S. Highway 87.
| County | Location | Mile | Description | Notes |
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| Las Animas | 0.000 | US 160 | ||
| Otero | 59.412 | SH 71 north | ||
| La Junta | 73.001 | US 50 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||