U.S. Route 24 in Colorado

U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Minturn, Colorado, to Clarkston, Michigan. In the U.S. state of Colorado US 24 extends from Interstate 70 (I-70) and US 6 in Minturn east to the Kansas state line where it continues as US 24 concurrent with I-70.

U.S. Highway 24 at Cascade, Colorado, viewed from Pike's Peak Highway

U.S. Highway 24
US 24 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length	323.24 mi[1] (520.21 km)
Existed	1936[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	I-70 / US 6 in Minturn
	US 285 in Buena Vista I-25 / US 85 / US 87 in Colorado Springs I-70 / US 40 / US 287 in Limon US 385 in Burlington I-70 from Burlington to Kansas state line
East end	I-70 / US-24 near Burlington
Location
Counties	Eagle, Lake, Chaffee, Park, Teller, El Paso, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Colorado State Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SH 23 → I-25

Route description

U.S. Highway 24 at Trout Creek Pass in central Colorado, looking eastward over South Park

US 24 traverses the Rocky Mountains, starting near Minturn. It then continues southeast for about 30 miles to Leadville, where it turns south and goes to Buena Vista where it becomes concurrent with US 285. It continues with Highway 285 to the small community of Antero Junction. After that, it spends its time as a mountainous two-lane highway until it gets to the town of Divide, where it meets SH 67 and becomes a 4 lane highway. These highways overlap to Woodland Park. From there it passes through Crystola, Green Mountain Falls, and Cascade. Through Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, where the road is known as Midland Expressway. Just east of Interstate 25, it is known as the Martin Luther King Jr Bypass. From Colorado Springs it continues northeast through several towns such as Falcon, Peyton, the city of Calhan, Ramah, Simla, and Matheson. When US 24 reaches Limon, it junctions with I-70/US 40/US 287/SH 71. It continues east (parallel to I-70) to Burlington where it joins I-70 to the Kansas state line.

Junction list

NOTE: The mile reference column values are NOT mile markers. Current (Jan. 2021) mile information can be found here: CDOT OTIS data

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Eagle	Minturn	0	0.0	I-70 / US 6 – Denver, Grand Junction	(MM 143) Western terminus of US 24; I-70 exit 171
Lake	Leadville	31	50	SH 91 north	(MM 176)
	​	47	76	SH 82 west – Aspen
Chaffee	Johnson Village	68.5	110.2	US 285 south – Poncha Springs	(MM 213) South end of US 285 overlap
Park	​	82	132	US 285 north – Fairplay	North end of US 285 overlap
	Hartsel	94	151	SH 9 north – Fairplay	(MM 239)
Teller	Divide	132	212	SH 67 south – Cripple Creek, Victor	(MM 278) West end of SH 67 overlap
	Woodland Park	139.5	224.5	SH 67 north – Deckers	East end of SH 67 overlap
	​	145	233	Pikes Peak Highway
El Paso	Manitou Springs	150	240	US 24 Bus. east (Manitou Avenue)
		153	246	US 24 Bus. west (Manitou Avenue)
	Colorado Springs	158	254	I-25 north – Denver	(MM 304) West end of I-25 overlap; I-25 exit 141
		159	256	SH 115 south (Nevada Avenue) / Tejon Street	Northern Terminus of SH-115; I-25 exit 140
		160	260	I-25 south – Pueblo	East end of I-25 overlap; I-25 exit 139
		161.5	259.9	Union Boulevard	Interchange;
		163	262	SH 29 / Circle Drive	Interchange; Westbound exit, Eastbound entrance; West end of Fountain Blvd overlap
		164.5	264.7	SH 83 (Academy Boulevard) – Security-Widefield, Black Forest
		167	269	SH 21 south (Powers Boulevard) – Colorado Springs Municipal Airport	East end of Fountain Blvd overlap West end of SH 21/Powers Blvd overlap
		168	270	Airport Road east – Peterson Air Force Base
		168	270	Stewart Avenue	Interchange; eastbound entrance only
		169	272	SH 21 north (Powers Boulevard)	East end of SH 21/Powers Blvd overlap; SH 21 Exit 141
		169	272	Platte Avenue west – Downtown Colorado Springs
		169.5	272.8	To SH 94 east / Peterson Blvd/Space Village Avenue – Peterson Air Force Base	Interchange;
	​	170.5	274.4	SH 94 east – Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Springs East Airport, Punkin Center	Western Terminus of SH-94
	Falcon	178	286	Woodmen Road
	​	180	290	Judge Orr Road east – Meadow Lake Airport
	​	183	295	To SH 86 / Elbert Road – Elbert, Kiowa
	Peyton	188	303	Peyton Highway
	​	192	309	Ellicott Highway
	Calhan	198	319	Calhan Highway	(MM 340)
Elbert	Simla	211	340	CR 125	Connects to SH 86
	Matheson	218	351	CR 149	Connects to SH 86
Lincoln	Limon	230	370	US 40 west / US 287 north to I-70 west – Denver	(MM 377) West end of US 40/US 287 overlap
		231	372	SH 71 south – Punkin Center	West end of SH 71 overlap
		232	373	SH 71 north – Last Chance	East end of SH 71 overlap
		233	375	I-70 – Denver, Burlington	I-70 exit 361
	​	234	377	I-70 west / US 40 east / US 287 south – Denver, Kit Carson	East end of US 40/US 287 overlap; West end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 363
See I-70
Kit Carson	Seibert	277	446	I-70 east – Burlington	East end of overlap of I-70; I-70 exit 405
		277.5	446.6	SH 59 – Yuma, Kit Carson
	Stratton	293	472	SH 57 north
	Burlington	309	497	US 385 south (Lincoln Street) – Cheyenne Wells	West end of US 385 overlap
		310	500	US 385 north – Wray	East end of US 385 overlap
		310.5	499.7	I-70 west – Limon	West end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 438
	​	318	512	I-70 east / US-24 – Goodland, Kansas City	Kansas state line; Eastern terminus of US 24 in Colorado
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 2008
2. Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 20-39". Retrieved 2010-12-31.
3. Colorado Department of Transportation, Highway Data Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more exits than expected are at the exact milepost