Colorado State Highway 63
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| Length: | 56.4 mi[1] (90.8 km) | |||
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| South end: |  US 36 at Anton |
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 I-76 exit 115 south of Atwood |
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| North end: |  US 6 at Atwood, CO |
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→State Highway 63 is a 56.4 mi (90.8 km) long state highway in northeastern Colorado.
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Route description [edit]
SH 63 begins in the south at a junction with U.S. Highway 36 at Anton and proceeds north through remote, sparsely populated land for roughly 29 miles (47 km) before reaching a junction with U.S. Highway 34 at Akron. From there, the route continues north for a further 24 miles (39 km) to cross Interstate 76 at that highway's exit 115 and after roughly four more miles arrives at its northern terminus at U.S. Highway 6 in Atwood.
History [edit]
SH 63 was defined in the 1920s by the Colorado Department of Transportation, when it connected State Highway 96 in Haswell to Atwood at U.S. Route 6. A gap appeared near Haswell in 1946. The section was later deleted by 1954, leaving its current routing from Anton to Atwood. This section was paved by 1961.[2]
Major intersections [edit]
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Destination | Notes | ||||
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| Washington | Anton | 0.000 | US 36 |
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| Akron | 29.006 |  US 34 (1st Avenue) |
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| Logan | 53.290 | I-76 |
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| Atwood | 56.412 | US 6 |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Segment Descriptions for Highway 63". Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 60-79". Retrieved 04-11-2010.
