Colorado State Highway 2

State Highway 2
	Colorado Boulevard, Sable Boulevard
	Map of north central Colorado with SH 2 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by CDOT
Length	19.880 mi[1] (31.994 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 285 in Denver
	I-25 / US 87 in Denver; US 40 / US 287 / I-70 BL in Denver; I-70 in Denver; US 6 / US 85 in Commerce City; I-270 / US 36 in Commerce City;
North end	I-76 / US 6 in Brighton
Location
Counties	Denver, Arapahoe, Adams
Highway system

State Highway 2 (SH 2) is a state highway of the U.S. state of Colorado. It runs for approximately 20 miles (32 km) north–south entirely within the urbanized environment of the Denver Metropolitan Area. It is one of the major north–south thoroughfares of east Denver, where it is known as Colorado Boulevard.

Route description

I-25 exit for SH 2

On its southern end, it begins at U.S. Route 285 (US 285) in Cherry Hills Village in Arapahoe County just south of the Denver city limits. It goes north through Denver, intersecting Interstate 25 (I-25) and US 87 at exit 204. It intersects SH 83 near Cherry Creek and then US 40, US 287 and Interstate 70 Business (I-70 Bus.), which is also known as Colfax Avenue, east of downtown Denver. It passes along the east side of Denver City Park. It intersects I-70 at exit 276, then merges with US 6 and US 85 through Commerce City until it branches off from US 6 and US 85 to the northeast, passing along the northwest boundary of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. It terminates at its northern end at I-76 and US 6 at exit 15 on the south edge of Brighton.

History

State Highway 2 looking south from just north of Ellsworth Avenue in Denver

The route was established in the 1920s beginning at US 40 at the Utah border. It then followed US 40 all the way to Denver, where it followed Colfax Avenue through Denver. It then followed various streets northeast along US 85 north to Greeley, where it turned abruptly eastward along US 34 to US 6, where it continued to Sterling and finally along US 138 to the Nebraska border. By 1946, the route was rerouted in an Area northeast of Denver. It was then changed in 1950 so it followed Colfax Avenue east through Denver. The route was rerouted in 1968 from US 285 to I-80S (now deleted). The now-deleted portion along Quebec Street was changed in 1971, and the route was finally corrected to its current routing in 1998.[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
City and County of Denver		0.000	0.000	US 285 (Hampden Avenue)	Southern terminus
		2.121	3.413	I-25 / US 87	I-25 exit 204
		4.377	7.044	SH 83 south (Leetsdale Drive)	Northern terminus of SH 83
		5.993	9.645	US 40 / US 287 / I-70 BL (Colfax Avenue)
		8.725	14.042	I-70	Interchange, No Westbound exit to I-70 west. I-70 exit 276B
Adams	Commerce City	9.840	15.836	US 6 west / US 85 south (Vasquez Boulevard) (CanAm Highway)	Interchange; Southbound Exit, Northbound Entrance; Southern terminus of US 6/85 concurrency
		10.040– 10.339	16.158– 16.639	I-270 / US 36	Interchange, No Eastbound exit to I-270 east. I-270 exit 2
		10.860	17.477	US 6 east / US 85 north (Vasquez Boulevard) (CanAm Highway)	Interchange; No Eastbound Entrance from US-6 west; Northern terminus of US 6/85 concurrency
		17.750	28.566	SH 44 west (104th Avenue)	Eastern terminus of SH 44
	Brighton	19.880	31.994	I-76 / US 6	Northern terminus as of 2010; I-76 exit 16
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

"Segment list for SH 2". Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 1-19". Retrieved 2010-05-17.

External links

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[dot-1] "Segment list for SH 2". Archived from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

[mesalek-2] Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 1-19". Retrieved 2010-05-17.