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Achieving a final elevation of 14,140 feet (4,310 m), this is the highest paved road in North America. The Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway approaching the summit. The road was originally planned by the Denver Mountain Parks system to link Summit Lake Park and Echo Lake Park to their lower altitude parks in the
Gravel road Cottonwood Pass [5] Colorado: 3694 m 12,119 ft Chaffee County Road 306 in San Isabel National Forest to Gunnison County Road 209 in Gunnison National Forest (Highest paved road over the Continental Divide in North America)
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved.Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
Colorado State Highway 5 (SH 5) is a 14.89-mile-long (23.96 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado that is the highest paved road in North America with its upper terminus at 14,140 feet (4,310 m) elevation near the summit of Mount Blue Sky and its lower terminus at 10,650 feet (3,246 m) elevation at State Highway 103 near Echo Lake.
Until 2019, the highest paved crossing of Divide in US; now the second-highest behind Cottonwood Pass (see next line). Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage. 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 ...
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) Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway, an All-American Road. With a high point at 12,183 feet (3,713 m) elevation, Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in North America.
U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago.Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches an elevation of 12,183 feet (3,713 m), making it one of the highest paved through highways in the United States.
At this point, both SH 103 and SH 5 forms the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway, [4] which is the highest paved road in North America. The route then descends in elevation, heading northeast along the Chicago Creek, then enters Idaho Springs after crossing Clear Creek. SH 103 terminates at Interstate 70 at a diamond interchange and the road continues ...