Colorado State Highway 91

State Highway 91 marker

State Highway 91
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length: 22.58 mi[1] (36.34 km)
Highway system
Colorado State Highways
SH 90SH 92
View of the Climax mine in the Tenmile Range off of SH 91 north of Leadville.

State Highway 91 is a 22.58-mile-long (36.34 km) stretch of state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado that connects Leadville to Interstate 70 (I-70) at Copper Mountain.

Route description

SH 91 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 24 (US 24 near Leadville. It travels to the northeast over Fremont Pass, passing the ghost town of Climax, home of the recently reopened Climax mine.

SH 91 ends at an interchange with I-70 at Wheeler Junction. Since the development of the Copper Mountain Ski Resort area, Wheeler Junction is more commonly referred to as Copper Mountain.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lake 0.0000.000 US 24
Summit 22.60536.379 I70Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. "Segment list for SH 91". Retrieved 2007-05-12.

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