Colorado State Highway 94
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| Length: | 85.57 mi[1] (137.71 km) | |||
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| West end: |  US 24 near Colorado Springs |
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 SH 71 at Punkin Center |
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| East end: |   US 40 / US 287 near Wild Horse |
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| Counties: | El Paso, Lincoln, Cheyenne | |||
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→State Highway 94 is an 85.5-mile (137.6 km) long east–west Colorado state highway that goes east beginning from US 24 just east of Colorado Springs and ending at U.S. Highway 40/U.S. Highway 287 in rural Cheyenne County west of Wild Horse. The highway serves Schriever Air Force Base and the towns of Ellicott, Yoder, and Rush, where it then crosses through rural country. It also serves the Punkin Center area where it comes to a junction with SH 71. It then passes through more very rural country until it reaches a stop at US 40/287 west of the unincorporated town of Wild Horse.
Throughout most of its length, the highway runs due east–west, pointing exactly at Pikes Peak. Under good conditions, the peak can be seen as far east as the rise between mileposts 78 and 79.
"Garbage Hill" gets its name from the Colorado Springs landfill located north of the highway. Originally, the entrance to the landfill was partway up the hill, but currently the entrance is from Blaney Road at the top of the hill. At the bottom of the hill, which is the eastern side of Jimmy Camp Creek valley, there are wrecking yards and two motocross tracks. This hill is one of the most severe hills on Highway 94, having a climbing lane.
[edit] History
The route was established in the 1920s, with the eastern end swerving north then east, ending at Boyero. By 1954, the eastern end no longer swerved north, and by 1970 the eastern end was extended to US 40/287 near Aroya with the entire highway paved.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[3] | Destinations | Notes |
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| El Paso | Colorado Springs | 0.0 |  US 24 – Colorado Springs, Falcon |
Western terminus of SH 94 |
| 0.4 | Marksheffel Road – Peterson Air Force Base | Traffic light | ||
| 1 | To US 24 / Space Village Avenue | |||
| 6.5 | Blaney Road | Top of "Garbage Hill" | ||
| Schriever Air Force Base | 7.5 | Curtis Road – alternate access to Schriever | Traffic light A sign "Delivery trucks access via Irwin Lane" |
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| 8.5 | Enoch Road – main access to Schriever | Traffic light Turnoff using exit/entrance ramps south on Enoch Road to West Gate |
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| 12.5 | Peyton Highway – Peyton | |||
| Ellicott | 15.5 | Log Road – Colorado Springs East Airport | ||
| 16.5 | Ellicott Highway | No motorist services for 95 miles heading east on SH 94 | ||
| 23 | Calhan Highway – Calhan | |||
| Yoder | 25.5 | Yoder Road | ||
| Rush | 31 | Rush Road | ||
| Lincoln | Hall Station | 45 | County Road 11 | |
| Punkin Center | 54.5 |  SH 71 – Limon, Ordway |
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| 63.5 | County Road 29 – Karval | |||
| 66.5 | County Highway 109 – Hugo, Karval | |||
| Cheyenne | Aroya | 85 | County Road U/39/44 – Boyero, Aroya | Union Pacific Railroad crossing |
| 86 | County Road 2 – JOD Ranch | |||
| 86 | US 40 / US 287 – Hugo, Wild Horse |
Eastern terminus of SH 94 No motorist services for 70 miles heading west on SH 94 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Segment list for SH 94". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=094&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 80-99". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r80-99.html#94. Retrieved 04-11-2010.
- ^ Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed October 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost
