State Route 86 in Colorado
| SR-86 | |||
| Get started | Castle Rock | ||
| End | limon | ||
| Length | 61 mi | ||
| Length | 99 km | ||
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According to Ablogtophone, State Route 86, commonly known as State Highway 86 or SH 86 is a state route in the U.S. state of Colorado. The road forms an east-west route across the High Plains, from Castle Rock, a southern suburb of Denver, and I-70 near Limon. SH 86 is 99 kilometers long.
Travel directions
The start of SH 86 at Castle Rock.
SH 86 begins in Castle Rock, a fast-growing suburb 50 miles south of Denver. SH 86 runs on Founders Parkway, Castle Rock’s 2×2 lane northern bypass. There is a connection to Interstate 25 and US 85. SH 86 heads east from Castle Rock. Initially there is still some forest area and a few villages, but towards the east the landscape becomes more barren and lonely. After Kiowa, 60 kilometers of almost uninhabited plains follow until it connects with Interstate 70, 12 kilometers west of Limon.
History
SH 86 was one of the original 1920s state highways. SH 86 originally began in downtown Castle Rock on US 85/87. The road was not paved until late, in 1954 the village portion of the route was completely paved, but it wasn’t until 1972 before all of SH 86 to I-70 was paved.
Castle Rock was an insignificant village of 1,500 inhabitants in the 1970s. This grew explosively from the 1980s, and by 2014 Castle Rock had nearly 56,000 residents and had become a distant suburb south of Denver. The starting point of SH 86 was changed in 2006, from downtown to the north side of town, via Founders Parkway.
Traffic intensities
Every day, 42,000 vehicles at the junction with I-25 and 20,000 vehicles continue on Founders Parkway around Castle Rock. This drops to 11,000 vehicles between Castle Rock and Franktown and further east the intensity steadily decreases, with 12,000 vehicles in Elizabeth and 5,000 vehicles in Kiowa. From Kiowa to I-70, only 500 vehicles a day.
State Route 88 in Colorado
| SR-88 | |||
| Get started | Denver | ||
| End | Aurora | ||
| Length | 22 mi | ||
| Length | 35 km | ||
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State Route 88, commonly known as State Highway 88 or SH 88 is a state route in the U.S. state of Colorado. The road forms both a north-south and east-west route through the Denver metropolitan area and is 35 kilometers long.
Travel directions
Belleview Avenue.
The road hooks through west and south Denver and the suburb of Aurora. SH 86 begins at a grade-separated junction with Colfax Avenue ( US 40 ) west of Downtown and heads south for eight miles on Federal Boulevard, a major city highway. It crosses two major east-west routes, US 6 and US 285. In the southern suburb of Littleton, SH 88 turns east and runs seven miles east on Belleview Avenue until it joins Interstate 25 in the large eastern suburb of Aurora. After this, SH 88 jumps two blocks in the gridsouth on I-25 and last for another 7 kilometers east on Arapahoe Road to SH 83 (Parker Road) in Aurora.
History
SH 88 was one of the original 1920s state highways. The road was originally an east-west route only between Littleton and Aurora. Between 1939 and 1954, SH 88 continued east from Parker Road in Aurora to the Lowry Field Bombing Range. The original route ran all the way through Belleview Avenue in Aurora. In 1959 the route was moved south on Arapahoe Road, then a gravel road. In 1961 the road was asphalted. During the major renumbering of 1968, SH 88 was assigned to Federal Boulevard between Colfax Avenue and Belleview Avenue in Littleton, creating the “hook.”
Due to the growth of the suburb Aurora in particular, SH 88 changed from a partly rural road to an urban road. Today, the entire SH 88 is in an urban area. In 2012, a grade-separated connection between Arapahoe Road and Parker Road (SH 83) was constructed in Aurora.
Traffic intensities
Every day, 25,000 to 35,000 vehicles use Federal Boulevard. Belleview Avenue processes between 30,000 and 35,000 vehicles per day. Arapahoe Road in Aurora is the busiest with 50,000 to 55,000 vehicles per day.
State Route 89 in Colorado
| SR-89 | |||
| Get started | Lycan | ||
| End | holly | ||
| Length | 34 mi | ||
| Length | 55 km | ||
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State Route 89, commonly known as State Highway 89 or SH 89 is a state route in the U.S. state of Colorado. The road forms a north-south route in the far east of the state, from Lycan to Holly. SH 89 is 55 kilometers long.
Travel directions
SH 89 begins in the hamlet of Holly on SH 116. Lycan is no more than two houses at a crossroads on the High Plains. The road heads north through agricultural land that is virtually uninhabited. The road runs parallel to the border with the state of Kansas at a distance of 6 to 7 kilometers. They cross the Arkansas River, after which SH 89 ends in the village of Holly on US 50.
History
SH 89 was one of the original 1920s state highways. The road originally ran from the hamlet of Stonington to Holly. In 1939, SH 89 was extended north from Holly to SH 96 in Towner. SH 89 was significantly shortened on the northern and southern sections in 1954. Since 1970, SH 89 has followed the current route. It was not until 1975 that the entire SH 89 was asphalted. Parts of the original route are still unpaved.
Holly has some fame in Colorado for being the lowest place in the state, at 1,034 feet above sea level.
Traffic intensities
Only 200 to 300 vehicles use the SH 89 daily. Holly has 1,100 vehicles per day.
