U.S. Route 85 in Colorado

U.S. Route 85
Route information
	Maintained by CDOT
Length	309.6 mi[1] (498.3 km)
Major junctions
South end	I-25 / US 85 / US 87 at the New Mexico state line
	US 160 in Trinidad; US 160 in Walsenburg; US 50 in Pueblo; I-25 / US 24 / US 87 in Colorado Springs; I-25 / US 87 in Castle Rock; US 285 in Englewood; I-25 / I-70 / US 6 / US 87 in Denver; I-270 / US 36 in Commerce City; I-76 / US 6 in Henderson; US 34 in Garden City;
North end	US 85 at the Wyoming state line
Highway system

U.S. Highways 85 (US 85) is the portion of a north–south highway in Colorado that begins at the New Mexico state line south of Starkville and ends at the Wyoming state line south of Cheyenne.

Route description

US 85 enters Colorado from New Mexico concurrent with Interstate 25 (I-25) but is not signed. US 85 leaves I-25 at exit 128 and follows Santa Fe Avenue through Fountain before turning west briefly onto Lake Avenue, then turning north following Nevada Avenue through Colorado Springs before rejoining I-25 at exit 148. Approaching the south side of Denver, US 85 again leaves I-25 at exit 184. From there it heads west and north as a two-lane rural highway. It becomes an expressway near Chatfield Lake and the southern Denver suburbs of Littleton and Englewood, where it is commonly known as Santa Fe Drive. It continues north through Denver for a few miles before once again joining with I-25 at mile marker 207. There it runs concurrently with US 87 as well as I-25 and heads north through downtown Denver. At exit 214, US 85 turns east and runs concurrently with I-70 and US 6 for about a mile where it exits with US 6 and heads northeast through Commerce City. In just a few miles the US 6/US 85 concurrency merges with I-76 at mile marker 9. They travel concurrently for three miles (4.8 km) until exit 12 when US 85 becomes an expressway and continues north out of the Denver area through Brighton. From there it parallels I-25 for about 75 miles (121 km) passing through Fort Lupton, Platteville, Evans, Greeley, and Eaton before crossing into Wyoming.^[2]

History

US 85 originally followed the route that I-25 would later take.^[3]

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
New Mexico state line		0.0	0.0	I-25 south / US 85 south / US 87 south	Continuation into New Mexico
See I-25
El Paso	Fountain	128.0	206.0	I-25 / US 87 – Colorado Springs	Northern end of I-25/US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 128
	Fountain	131.7	212.0	SH 16	Interchange
	Stratmoor	135.4	217.9	Academy Boulevard – Colorado Springs Airport	Interchange
	Colorado Springs	139.8	225.0	SH 115 – Cañon City	Interchange
		141.0	226.9	I-25 / US 24 / US 87 – Limon, Denver	I-25 exit 140
		148.0	238.2	I-25 / US 87 – Pueblo	Southern end of I-25/US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 148
See I-25
Douglas	Castle Rock	184.7	297.2	I-25 / US 87 – Denver	Northern end of I-25/US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 184
	Castle Rock–Castle Pines line	186.3	299.8	Castlegate Drive North / North Meadows Drive	Interchange
	Sedalia	190.4	306.4	SH 67 – Woodland Park
		196.4	316.1	Titan Parkway	Interchange
Douglas–Arapahoe county line	Highlands Ranch	200.5	322.7	SH 470 – Centennial, Ken Caryl	Interchange
Arapahoe	Littleton	204.0	328.3	To SH 75 – Ken Caryl
	Littleton–Englewood line	204.8	329.6	SH 88 – Denver	Interchange
	Englewood	206.9	333.0	US 285 – Johnson Village, Poncha Springs	Interchange
City and County of Denver		208.7	335.9	Evans Avenue	Interchange
		211.0	339.6	I-25 / US 6 / US 87 / Santa Fe Drive – Colorado Springs	Southern end of I-25/US 6/US 87 concurrency; I-25 exit 270B
		See I-25
		216.8	348.9	I-25 / I-70 / US 87 – Loveland, Grand Junction	Northern end of I-25/US 87 concurrency; southern end of I-70 concurrency; I-25 exit 214A; I-70 exit 274
		See I-70
		218.9	352.3	I-70 – Aurora	Northern end of I-70 concurrency; I-70 exit 276A
		219.1	352.6	US 6	Southern end of US 6 concurrency
See US 6
Adams	Derby	223.9	360.3	I-76 – Arvada	Southern end of I-76 concurrency; I-76 exit 9
	See I-76
		228.1	367.1	I-76 / US 6 – Brighton	Northern end of I-76/US 6 concurrency; I-76 exit 12
		228.3	367.4	SH 44 – Thornton
	Henderson	231.3	372.2	SH 22
	Henderson	231.7	372.9	E-470 – Centennial	Interchange; E-470 exit 38
	Brighton	235.7	379.3	SH 7 to SH 2 – Commerce City, Boulder	Interchange
Weld	Fort Lupton	241.6	388.8	SH 52 – Hudson	Interchange
		249.3	401.2	US 85 Bus. – Platteville
	Platteville	250.5	403.1	SH 66 – Longmont
	Platteville	252.0	405.6	US 85 Bus.
		253.8	408.5	SH 60 – Milliken
	Greeley	265.6	427.4	US 34 / US 85 Bus. – Loveland	Southern end of US 34 concurrency
		266.0	428.1	US 34 – Wiggins	Northern end of US 34 concurrency
		267.2	430.0	US 34 Bus.
		268.2	431.6	SH 263	Access to Greeley-Weld County Airport
		270.2	434.8	6th Avenue	Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		270.5	435.3	US 85 Bus.	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Lucerne	272.5	438.5	SH 392 – Windsor
	Ault	279.8	450.3	SH 14 – Fort Collins
Wyoming state line		309.6	498.3	US 85 north	Continuation into Wyoming
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

1 2 Google (September 19, 2017). "John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, Trinidad, CO 81082 to 68947 Canam Hwy, Colorado 80537" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
↑ "U.S. Highway 85". AA Roads. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
↑ "Colorado State Roads and Highways" (PDF). Colorado Historical Society. p. 9. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

U.S. Route 85
Previous state: New Mexico	Colorado	Next state: Wyoming

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[Google-1] 1 2 Google (September 19, 2017). "John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, Trinidad, CO 81082 to 68947 Canam Hwy, Colorado 80537" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 19, 2017.

[2] "U.S. Highway 85". AA Roads. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[3] "Colorado State Roads and Highways" (PDF). Colorado Historical Society. p. 9. Retrieved October 11, 2017.