Colorado State Highway 145

State Highway 145
State Highway 145
	Map of southwestern Colorado with SH 145 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by CDOT
Length	116.879 mi (188.099 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 160 at Cortez
	SH 184 near Dolores; SH 62 at Placerville
North end	SH 141 near Naturita
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, Montrose
Highway system
	Colorado State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

State Highway 145 (SH 145) is a state highway in western Colorado. It runs for 116.879 miles (188.1 km) between U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Cortez and SH 141 near Naturita.

Route description

Southbound 145 view of Sunshine Mountain and Wilson Peak

Lizard Head Peak along SH 145

The route begins in the south at its intersection with US 160 in the eastern portion of the city of Cortez. The route winds northward through the towns of Dolores, Rico, Sawpit, Placerville, Norwood, and Redvale before terminating at the junction with SH 141 about four miles (6.4 km) east of Naturita. Just north of its midpoint between Rico and Sawpit, the road also passes very near and provides access to the town of Telluride as well as Trout Lake.

History

On May 24, 2019, a large boulder fell onto a section of SH-145 near Dolores and covered the roadway. It was deemed too impractical to move or destroy, and the highway was instead realigned in July, and the rock, named Memorial Rock, was dubbed a landmark.^[2]^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Montezuma	Cortez	0.000	0.000	US 160 – Durango, Cortez	Southern terminus
		7.864	12.656	SH 184 west – Dove Creek	Southern end of SH 184 overlap
		8.729	14.048	SH 184 east – Mancos	Northern end of SH 184 overlap
Dolores	No major junctions
San Miguel	Placerville	84.289	135.650	SH 62 east – Montrose, Ridgway	Western terminus of SH 62
Montrose		116.879	188.099	SH 141 – Dove Creek	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus