State Highway 10 (SH 10) is a 71.968-mile-long (115.821 km) state highway in the US state of Colorado. SH 10's western terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25) and U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Walsenburg, and the eastern terminus is at US 50 in La Junta.
 State Highway 10 | ||||
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 Map of south central Colorado with SH 10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length | 71.968 mi[1] (115.821 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-25 / US 160 in Walsenburg | |||
| East end |  US 50 in La Junta | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Colorado | |||
| Counties | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Otero | |||
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Route description
editSH 10 begins at an interchange with I-25 east of Walsenburg. It then heads east-northeast in a straight line, passing through Las Animas County and Pueblo County, before entering Otero County. The highway then turns due east, intersecting SH 71 in Hawley, before terminating at US 50 in La Junta.
History
editThe route was established in the 1920s, when it began at the Utah state line near Dove Creek and went east to Walsenburg on today's Interstate 25. By 1936, a section was added pushing SH 10's terminus east to La Junta. By 1938, the route was corrected in a more straight line and most of the route was paved. The entire route was paved by 1960. The entire section from the Utah border to Walsenburg, the original alignment of the route, was relinquished in 1968.[2]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Huerfano | Walsenburg | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 160 west – Walsenburg | Continuation west from western terminus | |||
 I-25 north – Pueblo  I-25 south / US 160 east – Trinidad | Western terminus; I-25 exit 50 | |||||||
| Las Animas |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Pueblo |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Otero | Hawley | 62.731 | 100.956 |     SH 71 south to US 350 – Trinidad | Western end of SH 71 concurrency | |||
| 63.231 | 101.760 |  SH 71 north – Rocky Ford | Eastern end of SH 71 concurrency | |||||
| La Junta | 71.968 | 115.821 | US 50 – Pueblo, Lamar | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "Segment list for SH 10". Retrieved 2007-05-12.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 1-19". Retrieved 2010-05-26.
External links
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Media related to Colorado State Highway 10 at Wikimedia Commons