U.S. Route 24 in Colorado

U.S. Highway 24
U.S. Highway 24
Route information
	Maintained by CDOT
Length	323.241 mi (520.206 km)
Existed	1936–present
Major junctions
West end	I-70 / US 6 in Minturn
	US 285 in Buena Vista ; I-25 / US 85 / US 87 in Colorado Springs ; I-70 / US 40 / US 287 in Limon ; US 385 in Burlington ; I-70 from Burlington to Kansas state line
East end	I-70 / US-24 near Burlington
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Colorado State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

U.S. Route 24 is a major east–west route in the U.S. state of Colorado.

Route description

It traverses the Rocky Mountains, starting near Minturn. It then continues east for about 30 miles Leadville where it turns south and goes to Buena Vista where it becomes concurrent with US 285. It continues with Highway 285 to the small community of Antero Junction. After that, it spends its time as a mountainous two-lane highway through the town of Divide, where it meets SH 67. These highways overlap to Woodland Park. From there it passes through Crystola, Green Mountain Falls, Cascade as a 4-lane highway. Through Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, where the road is known as Midland Expressway. Just east of Interstate 25, it is known as the Martin Luther King Jr Bypass. From Colorado Springs it continues northeast through several towns such as Falcon, Peyton, the city of Calhan, Ramah, Simla, and Matheson. When US 24 reaches Limon, it junctions with I-70/US 40/US 287/SH 71. It continues east (parallel to I-70) to Burlington where it joins I-70 to the Kansas state line.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Destinations	Notes
Eagle	Minturn	0.000	I-70 / US 6 – Denver, Grand Junction	Western terminus of US 24
Lake	Leadville	31	SH 91 north
Lake		47	SH 82 west – Aspen
Chaffee	Johnson Village	68.5	US 285 south – Poncha Springs	Southern end of US 285 overlap
Park		82	US 285 north – Fairplay	Northern end of US 285 overlap
Park	Hartsel	94	SH 9 north – Fairplay
Teller	Divide	132	SH 67 south – Cripple Creek, Victor	Western end of SH 67 overlap
	Woodland Park	139.5	SH 67 north – Deckers	Eastern end of SH 67 overlap
		145	Pikes Peak Highway
El Paso	Manitou Springs	150	US 24 Bus. east
	Manitou Springs	153	US 24 Bus. west
	Colorado Springs	158	I-25 north – Denver	Northern end of I-25 overlap
		159	SH 115 south	I-25 exit 140
		160	I-25 south – Pueblo	Southern end of I-25 overlap
		161.5	Union Boulevard
		163	SH 29	Western end of Fountain Blvd overlap
		164.5	SH 83 – Security-Widefield, Black Forest
		167	SH 21 south – Colorado Springs Municipal Airport	Eastern end of Fountain Blvd overlap Southern end of SH 21/Powers Blvd overlap
		168	Airport Road east – Peterson Air Force Base
		169	SH 21 north	Northern end of SH 21/Powers Blvd overlap
		169	Platte Avenue west – Downtown Colorado Springs
		169.5	Peterson Road south – Peterson Air Force Base
		169.5	To SH 94 east
		170.5	SH 94 east – Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Springs East Airport, Punkin Center
	Falcon	178	Woodmen Road
		180	Judge Orr Road east – Meadow Lake Airport
		183	To SH 86/Elbert Road – Elbert, Kiowa
	Peyton	188	Peyton Highway
		192	Ellicott Highway
	Calhan	198	Calhan Highway
Elbert	Simla	211	County Road 125	Connect to SH 86
Elbert	Matheson	218	County Road 149	Connect to SH 86
Lincoln	Limon	230	US 40/US 287 north – Denver, SH 71 south – Punkin Center	Western end of US 40/287/SH 71 overlap
		232	SH 71 north – Last Chance	Eastern end of SH 71 overlap
		233	I-70 – Denver, Burlington
		234	I-70 east – Burlington, US 40/US 287 south – Kit Carson	Eastern end of US 40/287 overlap, western end of I-70 overlap
Kit Carson	Seibert	277	I-70 east – Burlington	Eastern overlap of I-70
	Seibert	277.5	SH 59 – Yuma, Kit Carson
	Stratton	293	SH 57 north
	Burlington	309	US 385 south (Lincoln Street) – Cheyenne Wells	Western end of US 385 overlap
		310	US 385 north – Wray	Eastern end of US 385 overlap
		310.5	I-70 west – Limon	Western end of I-70 overlap
		318	I-70 east / US-24 – Goodland	Kansas state line; Eastern terminus of US 24 in Colorado
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed July 2008 Cite error: The named reference "CDOT" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 20-39". Retrieved 2010-12-31.

U.S. Route 24
Previous state: Terminus	Colorado	Next state: Kansas

[CDOT-1] Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data, accessed July 2008 Cite error: The named reference "CDOT" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[mes-2] Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 20-39". Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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