Colorado State Highway 140
 State Highway 140 | ||||
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 Map of La Plata County in southwestern Colorado with SH 140 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length | 23.435 mi[1] (37.715 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NM 170 at the New Mexico state line | |||
| North end |  US 160 west of Durango | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Colorado | |||
| Counties | La Plata | |||
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State Highway 140 (SH 140) is a 23.435 mi (37.715 km) long state highway in the southwestern corner of Colorado. SH 140's southern terminus is at New Mexico State Road 170 (NM 170) at the New Mexico state line, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 160 (US 160) west of Durango.
Route description
[edit]SH 140 begins in the south on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation at the New Mexico state line where the road becomes New Mexico State Road 170 coming from Farmington, NM. From the state line, the road proceeds northward passing near the town of Marvel and reaching its northern terminus at US 160 near the small town of Hesperus roughly eleven miles west of Durango.
Major intersections
[edit]The entire route is in La Plata County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.000 | 0.000 | NM 170 – Farmington | Continuation beyond New Mexico state line; Southern terminus | |
| Hesperus | 23.435 | 37.715 | US 160 – Mancos, Durango | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Segment Descriptions for Highway 140". Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-04-07.[permanent dead link]
External links
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Media related to Colorado State Highway 140 at Wikimedia Commons