Colorado State Highway 59

State Highway 59 (SH 59) is a 173.3-mile-long (278.9 km) state highway in eastern Colorado. SH 59's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 40 (US 40) and US 287 in Kit Carson, and the northern terminus is at US 138 in Sedgwick.

State Highway 59
Map of northeastern Colorado with SH 59 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length	173.337 mi[1] (278.959 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 40 / US 287 in Kit Carson
Major intersections	I-70 / US 24 near Seibert US 36 near Cope US 34 in Yuma US 6 in Haxtun I-76 south of Sedgwick
North end	US 138 in Sedgwick
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Washington, Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick
Highway system
Colorado State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SH 58 → SH 60

Route description

SH 59 begins in the south at a junction with U.S. Highway 40 in Kit Carson. From there, the road proceeds northward for 41 miles (66 km) before intersecting Interstate 70 at that highway's exit 405 just south of the Seibert city limits. Highway 59 then continues north through Siebert for another 26 miles (42 km) to join with U.S. Highway 36 just east of Cope. From this point, the route runs eastward concurrently with US 36 for nearly eight miles before splitting off northward again approximately two miles west of Joes and heading north for about 33 miles (53 km) to reach a junction with U.S. Highway 34 at Yuma. Continuing northward, the road then travels for another 37 miles (60 km) to Haxtun where the route intersects U.S. Highway 6. From Haxton, Highway 59 travels north for a further 24 miles (39 km) before crossing Interstate 76 at I-76's exit 165 roughly three miles south of Sedgwick. After three more miles the road reaches its northern terminus at a junction with U.S. Highway 138 at Sedgwick near the Nebraska state line. Through nearly its entire length, the road passes through remote, very sparsely populated agricultural areas.

History

The route was established in the 1920s and paved by 1938.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cheyenne	Kit Carson	0.000	0.000	US 40 / US 287 – Eads, Cheyenne Wells, Limon	Southern terminus
Kit Carson	Seibert	41.028	66.028	I-70 / US 24 west – Limon, Hays	I-70 exit 405; southern end of unsigned US 24 overlap
		41.479	66.754	US 24 east – Vona	Northern end of unsigned US 24 overlap
Washington	Cope	67.142	108.055	US 36 west – Anton	Southern end of US 36 overlap
Yuma	​	74.478	119.861	US 36 east – Idalia	Northern end of US 36 overlap
	Yuma	106.291	171.059	US 34 – Wray, Akron
Phillips	Haxtun	147.259	236.990	US 6 – Holyoke, Sterling
Sedgwick	​	171.107	275.370	I-76 – Julesburg, Denver	I-76 exit 165
	Sedgwick	173.337	278.959	US 138 – Julesburg, Sterling	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Highway Data Explorer". Online Transportation Information System. Colorado Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
2. Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 40-59". Retrieved November 4, 2010.^{[self-published source?]}

External links

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