Colorado State Highway 52

State Highway 52 marker

State Highway 52
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length: 111.01 mi[1] (178.65 km)
Major junctions
West end: SH 119 near Niwot
  US 287 in rural Boulder County
I25 near Dacono
US 85 in Fort Lupton
I76 / US 6 in Hudson
SH 79 in Prospect Valley
US 34 in Wiggins
East end: SH 14 in Raymer
Location
Counties: Boulder, Weld, Morgan
Highway system
Colorado State Highways
US 50SH 53
Snowcapped peaks of the Continental divide as seen from SH 52

State Highway 52 (SH 52) is a 111 mi (178.6 km)a[] long state highway in northeastern Colorado.

Route description

SH 52 begins near Niwot, running east from its western terminus past US 287 to a diamond interchange with I-25, near the towns of Dacono, Frederick, and Firestone. The highway continues east through interchanges with US 85 in Fort Lupton and I-76 in Hudson. Farther east, the route bends north about 12 miles (19 km) south of Wiggins where it begins its concurrency with I-76, US 6, and US 34 eastward to Fort Morgan where it again turns north and traverses to Raymer, where it ends at SH 14.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Boulder 00 SH 119 Longmont, BoulderWestern terminus
 4.57.2 US 287 Fort Collins, Denver
Weld 1118 I25 / US 87 Fort Collins, DenverInterchange
Fort Lupton2032 US 85 Greeley, BrightonInterchange
Hudson2947 I76 / US 6 – Denver, Fort MorganInterchange
 41.566.8 SH 79 south Bennett
Morgan 72.5116.7 I76 / US 34 / US 6 east / SH 39 north Fort MorganWest end of I-76/US 34/US 6 overlap
 82132 I76 / US 6 east SterlingEast end of I-76/US 6 overlap; West end of I-76 Bus. overlap; Interchange
Fort Morgan86138 US 34 east (Platte Avenue) AkronEast end of US 34/I-76 Bus. overlap
86.5139.2 SH 144 west (Riverview Avenue) Log Lane Village
87140 I76 / US 6 – Denver, SterlingInterchange
WeldRaymer111179 SH 14 Ault, SterlingEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "Segment list for SH 52". Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  2. Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed December 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more junctions than expected are at the exact milepost

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