Colorado State Highway 22

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State Highway 22

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Map of Adams County in north central Colorado with SH 22 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length 2.477 mi [1] (3.986 km)
Major junctions
East endColorado 2.svg SH 2 (Sable Boulevard) south of Brighton
 US 85.svg US 85 at Henderson
West end Brighton Road in Henderson
Location
Counties Adams
Highway system
Colorado State Highways
Colorado 21.svg SH 21 SH 23 Colorado 23.svg

State Highway 22 (SH 22) is a 2.477-mile-long (3.986 km) state highway in Adams County, Colorado. Its east end is at SH 2 and its west end is at Brighton Road.

Adams County, Colorado County in the United States

Adams County is the fifth-most populous of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 441,603. The county seat is Brighton. The county is named for Alva Adams, Governor of the State of Colorado.

Colorado State of the United States of America

Colorado is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.

Colorado State Highway 2 highway in Colorado

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.

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Route description

The route begins at its eastern terminus in Brighton at SH 2. From there, it winds westward, crossing various major streets in the city. After crossing U.S. Highway 85 (US 85), SH 22 leaves the Brighton city limits at about 1.85 miles. A short while later, it exits the Brighton urban area boundary. From there, it crosses the Fulton Canal and reenters the Brighton city limits, ending at Brighton Road, in a portion of the unincorporated community called Henderson commonly attributed to Brighton.

Brighton, Colorado Home Rule Municipality in Colorado, United States

The City of Brighton is the Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties that is the county seat of Adams County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 35,719 in 2013.

U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, north to the Canadian border in Fortuna, North Dakota. In the U.S. state of Colorado, US 85 begins at the New Mexico state line south of Starkville and ends at the Wyoming state line south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Henderson, Colorado Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. Portions of the Henderson area have been annexed by Commerce City, Brighton, and Thornton.

The route consists of two lanes its entire length. It is not a limited-access highway the entire length, for there are traffic lights at various intersections along its length.

History

The route was established in early 1940s, first numbered as SH 128. In 1954, it was renumbered to SH 22. The route was paved, as it is today, in 1963. [2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Brighton, Adams County.

mi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000Colorado 2.svg SH 2 (Sable Blvd)East end of route
1.8352.953US 85.svg US 85
2.4763.985Brighton StreetWest end of route
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 "Segment list for SH 22". Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  2. Salek, Matthew E. (January 30, 2010). "Colorado Routes 20–39" . Retrieved March 3, 2010.
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