Colorado State Highway 71

State Highway 71
Map of eastern Colorado with SH 71 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	224.65 mi (361.54 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 350 near La Junta
	US 50 near Rocky Ford I-70 in Limon US 24 / US 40 / US 287 in Limon US 36 at Last Chance I-76 near Brush
North end:	N-71 south of Kimball
Location
Counties:	Otero, Crowley, Lincoln, Washington, Morgan, Weld
Highway system
Colorado State Highways Interstate U.S. State ← SH 69 SH 72 x20px →

State Highway 71 is a 224-mile-long (360 km) state highway passing several other highways in northern and central Colorado. The route runs south from the Nebraska border to La Junta.

Route description

SH 71 begins at its southern terminus with U.S. Highway 350 in La Junta, Colorado. It proceeds north into Crowley County and the city of Ordway, where it is signed as Phantom Avenue. The highway continues northward to a junction with Interstate 70 adjacent to U.S. Highway 24.

In La Junta, the highway continues north for several miles to Ordway, then it takes a northeast turn to Limon. It then goes back north and skirts the town of Brush. It then heads through rural country to Nebraska

In Stoneham, the state portion of the road overlaps County Road 142 and heads to the north. The route takes a northeast turn and continues in to Nebraska as Nebraska Highway 71.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Otero	​			US 350 – Trinidad, La Junta, Timpas
	​			SH 10 west – Walsenburg	south end of SH 10 overlap
	​			SH 10 east – La Junta	north end of SH 10 overlap
	Rocky Ford			US 50 east / SH 266 east – Cheraw, La Junta	south end of US 50 overlap
				SH 202 west
	​			US 50 west – Pueblo	north end of US 50 overlap
Crowley	Ordway			SH 96 west – Pueblo	south end of SH 96 overlap
				SH 96 east – Eads, Ordway Business District	north end of SH 96 overlap
Lincoln	Punkin Center			SH 94 – Colorado Springs, Kit Carson
	Limon			US 24 west / US 40 west / US 287 north to I-70 – Denver	south end of US 24 / US 40 / US 287 overlap
				US 24 east / US 40 east / US 287 south to I-70 – Burlington	north end of US 24 / US 40 / US 287 overlap
Washington	Last Chance			US 36 – Denver, Anton
Morgan	​			US 34 east to I-76	south end of US 34 overlap
	Brush			US 34 west	north end of US 34 overlap
				I-76 (US 6) – Denver	I-76 exit 90
Weld	​			SH 14 east – Sterling	south end of SH 14 overlap
	​			SH 14 west – Ault, Fort Collins	north end of SH 14 overlap
	​			N-71 north – Kimball
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

• Colorado Routes 60-79 The Highways of Colorado