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Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,271-foot (4,350 m) fourteener is located 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Clear Creek in Arapaho National Forest ...
State. Scenic. 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 ...
U.S. Highway 285 US 285 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 85 Maintained by CDOT Length 263.87 mi (424.66 km) Major junctions South end US 285 at the New Mexico state line Major intersections US 160 in Monte Vista US 50 in Poncha Springs US 24 in Johnson Village US 85 in Sheridan North end I-25 SH 30 in Denver Location Country United States State Colorado Counties ...
Colorado State Highway 5. 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 ...
The longest state highway is State Highway 14 with a span of nearly 237 miles (381 km) between Muddy Pass and Sterling. State Highway 110 is the shortest route maintained by CDOT with a span of 0.186 miles (0.299 km). The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is the agency responsible for maintaining the Colorado State Highway System ...
The Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway is an 80-mile (129 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Eagle and Grand counties, Colorado, US. The byway follows the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake down to State Bridge. The byway connects with the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic ...
State Highway 74 Central Colorado with SH 74 marked in red Route information Maintained by CDOT Length 18.110 mi (29.145 km) Existed 1923–present Major junctions West end I-70 at El Rancho Major intersections US 40 at El Rancho East end SH 8 at Morrison Location Country United States State Colorado Counties Jefferson Highway system Colorado State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic ← ...
Tennessee Pass is the location of the first transbasin diversion project to move water from the Colorado River Basin over the continental divide to the Arkansas River. The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Ewing Placer Ditch (or just Ewing Ditch) was constructed in 1880 and remains in use.