State Highway 144 (SH 144) is a long
state highway in northeastern
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
. SH 144's western terminus is at
Interstate 76
Interstate 76 may refer to:
Interstate Highways in the United States
* Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)
* Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey), running through Pennsylvania
Video gaming
* ''Interstate '76
''Interstate '76'' is a vehicular ...
(I-76) west of
Wiggins, and the eastern terminus is at SH 52 in
Fort Morgan Fort Morgan can apply to any one of several places in the United States:
*Fort Morgan (Alabama), a fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay
*Fort Morgan, Alabama, a nearby community
*Fort Morgan (Colorado), a frontier military post located in present-day Fo ...
.
Route description
SH 144 begins in the west at
I-76
Interstate 76 may refer to:
Interstate Highways in the United States
* Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)
* Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey), running through Pennsylvania
Video gaming
* ''Interstate '76
''Interstate '76'' is a vehicular ...
and proceeds initially to the north; after , the road crosses
U.S. Route 34 (US 34). After another , the route crosses the
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/ Mountain West. It ...
and begins to curve in a broad arc to the east roughly following a meander of the South Platte. Continuing now in a generally eastward direction, SH 144 meets the north end of
SH 39
The following highways are numbered 39. For a list of roads called ''N39'', see List of N39 roads.
Australia
* Newell Highway
* Goulburn Valley Highway
*
**Gore Highway
**Leichhardt Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 39
* British Columbia High ...
at
Goodrich. The road then continues its arc eastward and eventually ESE through
Weldona, again across the South Platte River, and through
Log Lane Village. Now traveling in approximately a southeasterly direction, SH 144 crosses to the south side of I-76 and continues for a further to its eastern terminus at
SH 52 in
Fort Morgan Fort Morgan can apply to any one of several places in the United States:
*Fort Morgan (Alabama), a fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay
*Fort Morgan, Alabama, a nearby community
*Fort Morgan (Colorado), a frontier military post located in present-day Fo ...
.
Major intersections
References
External links
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144
Transportation in Morgan County, Colorado
Fort Morgan, Colorado