State Highway 145 (SH 145) is a
state highway
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in western
Colorado
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. It runs for between
U.S. Route 160
U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a 1,465 mile (2,358 km) long east–west United States highway in the Midwestern and Western United States. The western terminus of the route is at US 89 five miles (8 km) west of Tuba City, Arizo ...
(US 160) in
Cortez and
SH 141 near
Naturita.
Route description
The route begins in the south at its intersection with
US 160 in the eastern portion of the city of
Cortez. The route winds northward through the towns of
Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to:
* Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores
* Dolores (given name)
Dolores may also refer to:
Film
* ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt
* ' ...
,
Rico,
Sawpit
A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which lumber, timber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw, usually a whipsaw, by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. It was used for producing sawn planks from tree tru ...
,
Placerville,
Norwood, and
Redvale before terminating at the junction with
SH 141 about east of
Naturita. Just north of its midpoint between Rico and Sawpit, the road also passes very near and provides access to the town of
Telluride as well as
Trout Lake.
History
On May 24, 2019, a large boulder fell onto a section of SH-145 near
Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to:
* Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores
* Dolores (given name)
Dolores may also refer to:
Film
* ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt
* ' ...
and covered the roadway. It was deemed too impractical to move or destroy, and the highway was instead realigned in July, and the rock, named
Memorial Rock
Memorial Rock is a boulder on State Highway 145 (SH 145) near Dolores in the US state of Colorado.
Rockfall
Rockfall, caused by ice jacking during freeze-thaw cycles in the Rocky Mountains, is cited as a "chronic hazard" at over 750 ...
, was dubbed a landmark.
Major intersections
References
External links
145 145 may refer to:
*145 (number), a natural number
*AD 145, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 145 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*145 (dinghy), a two-person intermediate sailing dinghy
* 145 (South) Brigade
* 145 (New Jersey bus)
See also
* List of ...
Transportation in Montezuma County, Colorado
Transportation in Dolores County, Colorado
Transportation in San Miguel County, Colorado
Transportation in Montrose County, Colorado
Colorado Western Slope
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