Colorado State Highway 52

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State Highway 52 marker

State Highway 52
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length: 111.009 mi[1] (178.65 km)
Major junctions
West end: SH 119 near Niwot
  US 287 in rural Boulder County
I-25 near Dacono
US 85 in Fort Lupton
I-76 / US 6 in Hudson
SH 79 in Prospect Valley
US 34 in Wiggins
East end: SH 14 in Raymer
Location
Counties: Boulder, Weld, Morgan
Highway system

Colorado State Highways

US 50 SH 53
Snowcapped peaks of the Continental divide as seen from Colorado SH 52

State Highway 52 is a 111 mi (178.6 km)a[›] long state highway in northeastern Colorado.

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Route description [edit]

SH 52 begins near Niwot, running east from its western terminus past US 287 to a diamond interchange with I-25, near the towns of Dacono, Frederick, and Firestone. The highway continues east through interchanges with US 85 in Fort Lupton and I-76 in Hudson. Farther east, the route bends north about 12 miles (19 km) south of Wiggins where it begins its concurrency with I-76, US 6, and US 34 eastward to Fort Morgan where it again turns north and traverses to Raymer, where it ends at SH 14.

Junction list [edit]

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Boulder 0.000 SH 119 – Longmont, Boulder West end of SH 52
4.5 US 287 – Fort Collins, Denver
Weld 11 I-25 / US 87 – Fort Collins, Denver Interchange
Fort Lupton 20 US 85 – Greeley, Brighton
Hudson 29 I-76 / US 6 – Denver, Fort Morgan
41.5 SH 79 south – Bennett
Morgan 72.5 I-76 / US 34 / US 6 east / SH 39 north – Fort Morgan West end of I-76/US 34/US 6 overlap
82 I-76 / US 6 east – Sterling East end of I-76/US 6 overlap; West end of I-76 Bus. overlap; Interchange
Fort Morgan 86 US 34 east (Platte Avenue) – Akron East end of US 34/I-76 Bus. overlap
86.5 SH 144 west (Riverview Avenue) – Log Lane Village
87 I-76 / US 6 – Denver, Sterling Interchange
Weld Raymer 111 SH 14 – Ault, Sterling East end of SH 52
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Segment list for SH 52". Retrieved 2007-05-12. 
  2. ^ Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed December 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost

External links [edit]