State Highway 67 (SH 67) is a 71-mile-long (114 km) state highway encompassing five distinct segments in south-central Colorado. SH 67's southern terminus is at SH 96 in Wetmore, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 85 (US 85) in Sedalia. It traverses the former route of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad through Phantom Canyon as a county road and carrying part of the Gold Belt Byway.
State Highway 67 | ||||
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 Map of central Colorado with SH 67 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length | 71.72 mi[1] (115.42 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SH 96 in Wetmore | |||
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| North end |  US 85 in Sedalia | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Colorado | |||
| Counties | Custer, Fremont, Teller, Douglas, Jefferson | |||
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SH 67 forms the eastern border of the Mueller State Park near Divide.
Route description edit
SH 67 begins at its southern terminus with State Highway 96 in Wetmore, Colorado. It proceeds north into Fremont County and the city of Florence, where it is signed as Robinson Avenue to State Highway 115 (Main Street) and overlaps the highway for half a mile west before turning north again, signed as Pikes Peak Avenue. The highway crosses the Arkansas River on its way out of the city and continues northward to a junction with U.S Route 50 adjacent to Fremont County Airport.
The state portion of the highway ends at U.S. Highway 50 and becomes the county-maintained Phantom Canyon Road (CR 67 in Fremont County), carrying the Gold Belt Byway through Phantom Canyon north to Victor, where the state highway resumes, turning west and north before heading into Cripple Creek. The road turns east for a few miles before resuming its northward path, acting as the eastern border of Mueller State Park for several miles before reaching a junction with U.S. Highway 24 in Divide.
Again the state portion of the highway ends to overlap U.S. Highway 24 for seven miles (11 km) east into Woodland Park, splitting off the concurrent road to turn north once again. Continuing to the north-northwest, the road enters the Pike National Forest, passing turnoffs for Red Rock Campground and the Manitou Park Recreation Area's Colorado Campground and Painted Rocks Campground before turning west and entering Douglas County, where it promptly heads into Westcreek and turns north until it reaches a junction with North Rainbow Falls Road and turns to the northwest.
In Deckers, the state portion of the road again ends to overlap County Road 126 and heads to the north-northeast signed as South Platte Canyon Road. The route takes an abrupt turn east signed as Sugar Creek Road, rejoining the larger road it split after turning north and the larger road has taken on the name Pine Creek Road. The route turns east and changes name again to Jarre Canyon Road, resume state highway status at its intersection with Rampart Range Road southwest of Sedalia.
The route leaves Pike National Forest a few miles east of resuming state highway status and continues northeast with increasing intersections as it approaches Sedalia. After crossing State Highway 105 (Perry Park Road), the route turns north and is named Manhart Street for a few blocks before reaching its northern terminus at U.S. Highway 85.
History edit
SH 67 is an original 1920s state highway and was originally an unbroken route.
In 1994, the route was rerouted around the Little Ike Tunnel near Cripple Creek, altering the location of the Horsethief Park Trail trailhead to the east side of the tunnel.
The Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company funded the realignment of nearly two miles of Highway 67 and built the highest bridge on the Colorado State Highway system, the Arequa Gulch Bridge, as part of its Cresson Mine expansion in 2001.
In July 2006, a flood on West Creek washed out the highway north of the town of Westcreek, closing the highway between Westcreek and Deckers to two-way traffic until reconstruction was completed. The closed segment reopened on October 27, 2006.[2]
Major intersections edit
| County | Location | mi[3][4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Custer | Wetmore | 0.000 | 0.000 | SH 96 – Westcliffe, Pueblo | Southern terminus | |||
| Fremont | Florence | 11.047 | 17.778 |   SH 115 east | Eastern end of SH 115 overlap | |||
| 11.562 | 18.607 |  SH 115 west – Cañon City | Western end of SH 115 overlap | |||||
| | 15.074 | 24.259 |  US 50 – Cañon City, Pueblo | North end state maintenance; southern terminus of Phantom Canyon Road | ||||
| Teller | Hollywood | 45.1 | 72.6 |    CR 81 to SH 67 / US 24 | Northern terminus of Phantom Canyon Road | |||
| | 45.867 | 73.816 | South end state maintenance at Victor city limits | |||||
| Divide | 69.652 | 112.094 | US 24 west | Western end of US 24 overlap | ||||
| Woodland Park | 76.920 | 123.791 | US 24 east – Colorado Springs | Eastern end of US 24 overlap | ||||
| Douglas | Deckers | 100.036 | 160.992 |    CR 75 (Y Camp Road) / CR 126 to US 285 – Pine Grove | North end state maintenance | |||
| South Platte River | 100.3 | 161.4 | Bridge | |||||
| Jefferson |
No major junctions | |||||||
| South Platte River | 105.1 | 169.1 | Bridge | |||||
| Douglas | | 117.349 | 188.855 | Rampart Range Road | South end state maintenance | |||
| | 126.738 | 203.965 |  SH 105 (Perry Park Road) | |||||
| Sedalia | 127.449 | 205.109 | US 85 – Denver, Colorado Springs | Northern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ "Segment list for SH 67". Retrieved May 12, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ SH 67 Updates Archived December 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Colorado Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Highway Data Explorer". Colorado Department of Transportation. State of Colorado. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Google (August 2, 2020). "Overview of SH 67" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
External links edit
- Colorado Routes 60-79 The Highways of Colorado