Colorado State Highway 96
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| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length: | 207.45 mi[1] (333.86 km) | |||
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| West end: |  SH 69 in Westcliffe |
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 I-25 in Pueblo US 50 in Pueblo US 287 near Eads US 385 in Sheridan Lake |
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| East end: |  K-96 at Kansas border |
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| Counties: | Custer, Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa | |||
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→State Highway 96 is a state highway in eastern Colorado. Its eastern terminus is at the Kansas state line east of Towner where it continues as K-96; its western terminus is at State Highway 69 at Westcliffe.
The highway passes and intersects many major highways and several state highways along its 207 mile route.
[edit] History
The route was established in the 1920s, when the routing was exactly as it is today. Several portions were paved by 1946 including the segment from Pueblo to Boone, Olney Springs to Sugar City, and from Haswell to the Kansas state line. The segment of SH 96 concurrent with US 50 was constructed as a expressway by 1957. The entire route was paved by 1964.[2]
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Custer | Westcliffe | 0.000 | SH 69 – Walsenburg, Salida |
Western terminus |
| 16.5 |  SH 165 south – Rye, Colorado City |
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| Wetmore | 26 |  SH 67 north – Florence |
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| Pueblo | Pueblo | 52 |  SH 45 (Pueblo Boulevard) |
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| 54 | Abreindo Avenue | |||
| 55.5 | Santa Fe Avenue | |||
| 55.5 | I-25 – Colorado Springs, Walsenburg |
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| 56 |  SH 227 south – Salt Creek |
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| 57 | Troy Avenue | |||
| 58 |  SH 47 west |
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| 58 | US 50 west – Canon City |
Western terminus of US 50 overlap | ||
| 61 | Paul Harvey Boulevard- Pueblo Memorial Airport | |||
| 61.5 |  SH 233 south (Baxter Road) |
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| 64 |  SH 231 south |
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| 68.5 | 3rd Street- Pueblo Chemical Depot | |||
| 70 | US 50 east – La Junta |
Eastern end of US 50 overlap | ||
| Boone | 75 |  SH 209 south |
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| 76 | Boone Road | |||
| Crowley | Crowley | 99 |  SH 207 south – Manzanola |
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| Ordway | 105 |  SH 71 – Rocky Ford, Punkin Center |
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| Kiowa | Eads | 165 | US 287 north – Kit Carson |
West end of US 287 overlap |
| 168 | US 287 south – Lamar |
East end of US 287 overlap | ||
| Sheridan Lake | 193 | US 385 – Cheyenne Wells, Lamar |
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| 207.5 | K-96 east – Tribune |
Eastern terminus of SH 96 in Colorado |
[edit] References
- ^ "Segment list for SH 96". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=096&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 80-99". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r80-99.html#96. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
