U.S. Route 160 in Colorado
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Maintained by CDOT | |
Length | 490.0 mi (788.6 km) |
Existed | 1926–present |
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Highway system | |
Colorado State Highways
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U.S. Highway 160 (US 160) is the portion of an east–west freeway in Colorado that starts at the New Mexico state line southwest of Cortez and ends at the Kansas state line east of Springfield.
Route description
US 160 enters Colorado near the Four Corners Monument. It goes northeast and intersects US 491, then turns north to enter Cortez with US 491. East of Cortez, a road leads south from US 160 to Mesa Verde National Park. It continues east to Durango, where it intersects US 550. After overlapping with US 550 south of Durango, US 160 turns east and meets US 84 at Pagosa Springs. It then goes northeast and crosses the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, the area made popular in 1975 in C.W. McCall's album Wolf Creek Pass.
From Wolf Creek Pass, US 160 continues northeast and turns east at South Fork. At Monte Vista, an overlap begins with US 285, which continues southeast into Alamosa. It turns east, then goes northeast to go through North La Veta Pass, then continues east to Walsenburg, where it intersects Interstate 25 (I-25).
From Walsenberg, US 160 continues south with I-25 to Trinidad, then turns northeast to intersect US 350. It continues east, passing through the Comanche National Grassland before intersecting the concurrent US 287 and US 385 south of Springfield. It continues east and enters Kansas east of Walsh.
History
Location | Flagstaff, AZ–Cortez, CO |
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Existed | 1964–1970 |
As commissioned in 1930 the western terminus was Trinidad.[1] In 1939, US 160 absorbed all of former route U.S. Route 450 which ran from US 50 at Crescent Junction, Utah to US 85 at Walsenburg.[2]
In 1970, many US Highways in the Four Corners region were realigned. US 160 was diverted southwesterly from Cortez to follow its present route past the Four Corners into Arizona, absorbing the route numbered U.S. Route 164.[3]
Junction list
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Montezuma | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Continuation into New Mexico | ||||
| 4.9 | 7.9 | ||||||
| 18.2 | 29.3 | Western terminus of US 491 concurrency | |||||
Cortez | 37.9 | 61.0 | Eastern terminus of US 491 concurrency | |||||
40.3 | 64.9 | |||||||
Mancos | 54.6 | 87.9 | ||||||
56.0 | 90.1 | |||||||
57.0 | 91.7 | |||||||
La Plata | Hesperus | 72.7 | 117.0 | |||||
Durango | 83.2 | 133.9 | Western terminus of US 550 concurrency | |||||
83.9 | 135.0 | |||||||
85.9 | 138.2 | |||||||
| 87.6 | 141.0 | Eastern terminus of US 550 concurrency | |||||
| 90.6 | 145.8 | Access to Durango-La Plata County Airport | |||||
Bayfield | 100.6 | 161.9 | ||||||
102.7 | 165.3 | |||||||
Archuleta | | 126.1 | 202.9 | |||||
Pagosa Springs | 143.5 | 230.9 | ||||||
Mineral |
No major junctions | |||||||
Rio Grande | South Fork | 184.9 | 297.6 | |||||
Del Norte | 200.9 | 323.3 | ||||||
Monte Vista | 214.5 | 345.2 | Western terminus of US 285 concurrency | |||||
Alamosa | Alamosa | 231.6 | 372.7 | Eastern terminus of US 285 concurrency; western terminus of SH 17 concurrency | ||||
Alamosa East | 232.8 | 374.7 | Eastern terminus of SH 17 concurrency | |||||
Alamosa–Costilla county line | | 246.7 | 397.0 | |||||
Costilla | Fort Garland | 257.1 | 413.8 | |||||
Huerfano | | 292.9 | 471.4 | |||||
Walsenburg | 304.1 | 489.4 | Western terminus of I-25 Bus. concurrency | |||||
304.3 | 489.7 | Eastern terminus of I-25 Bus. concurrency | ||||||
305.2 | 491.2 | Western terminus of I-25 / US 85 / US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 50 | ||||||
See I-25 | ||||||||
Las Animas | Trinidad | 340.4 | 547.8 | Eastern terminus of I-25 / US 85 / US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 15 | ||||
341.2 | 549.1 | |||||||
| 346.6 | 557.8 | Access to Perry Stokes Airport | |||||
| 375.8 | 604.8 | ||||||
| 409.5 | 659.0 | ||||||
Baca | Springfield | 457.1 | 735.6 | |||||
| 490.0 | 788.6 | Continuation into Kansas | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ U.S. Highway Ends by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007
- ↑ U.S. Highway Ends by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007
- ↑ U.S. Highway Ends by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007
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