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The Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is a 49-mile (79 km) National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The byway ascends to 14,140 feet (4,310 m) of elevation near the 14,271-foot (4,350 m) summit of Mount Blue Sky [a], making it the highest paved road in ...
November 14, 1984. Trail Ridge Road is the name for the 48-mile (77 km) stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. Together with the connecting 6.9-mile (11 km) Beaver Meadow Road (U.S. Highway 36), Trail Ridge Road forms the 55-mile (89 km ...
The road over Cottonwood Pass is the highest paved crossing of the Continental Divide in the U.S., and the second highest pass with an improved road in the state (the highest is Trail Ridge Road, US HWY 34 at 12,183 ft). [2] It is the fourth-highest paved road in the state after Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway, Pikes Peak Highway, and Trail Ridge Road.
A. Cottonwood Pass. 12,126 ft (3,696 m) Chaffee County Road 306 and Gunnison County Road 209. Until 2019, the highest unpaved road crossing of a pass in Colorado; now the highest paved crossing of Divide in US. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.
United States: Newport, Oregon: Boston, Massachusetts: Longest road in the United States. [4] Ruta Nacional 40: 5,194 km (3,227 mi) Argentina: Cape Virgenes, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina: La Quiaca, Provincia de Jujuy: At km 4601 is the highest road outside the Himalayas with 5000 msal and the longest in South America. Interstate 90: 4,861 km ...
In the United States, speed limits are set by each state or territory. States have also allowed counties and municipalities to enact typically lower limits. Highway speed limits can range from an urban low of 25 mph (40 km/h) to a rural high of 85 mph (137 km/h). Speed limits are typically posted in increments of five miles per hour (8 km/h).
List of tallest structures in the United States by height. The KVLY-TV mast is the tallest structure in the United States, at 2,063 ft (629 m) tall. Galesville,Wisconsin. WKBT-DT tower. A list of the tallest structures in the US that are at least 350 meters, ordered by height. Most are guyed masts used for FM- and TV-broadcasting:
US 1. 2,369. 3,813. Fleming and Whitehead streets in Key West, FL. Route 161 at Canadian border in Fort Kent, ME. 01926-01-01. 1926. current. Follows the East Coast of the United States, longest north-south US Highway.