State Highway 368 (SH 368) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
Rio Grande
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The length of the Rio G ...
,
Conejos, and
Alamosa
Alamosa is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 9,806 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colora ...
counties in Colorado United States, that connects
Colorado State Highway 370
State Highway 370 (SH 370) is a state highway near Alamosa, Colorado. SH 370's western terminus is at SH 15 near Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 285 (US 285) south of Alamosa.
Route ...
(SH 370) west of
Waverly with
U.S. Route 285 (US 285) in
Estrella.
Route description
SH 368 begins at a junction with SH 370 and
County Road 4E (CR 4E) in Rio Grande County, about west of Waverly and approximately southeast of
Monte Vista. (SH 370 heads east toward US 285 and
Alamosa
Alamosa is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 9,806 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colora ...
. SH 370 heads west toward
Colorado State Highway 15
State Highway 15 in the U.S. state of Colorado is a north–south, then east–west, state highway in the San Luis Valley region of Southern Colorado. It connects the two towns of Monte Vista and La Jara. There is a gap in the route.
...
H 15and Monte Vista. CR 4E heads north toward the
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The refuge is located in the San Luis Valley south of the town of Monte Vista, Colorado in southeastern Rio Grande County, Colorado, ...
.)
From its western terminus SH 368 heads due south and, after about and crossing
County Road 11S, reaches
County Road 12S at the Rio Grande–Conejos county line. Continuing due south for about another , SH 368 curves to head due east, with a junction with the north end of
County Road 10 in the middle of the curve at a
T intersection. After heading due east for about , and crossing
County Road 11, SH 368 reaches a junction with
Conejos County Road 12 (CR 12) and
Alamosa County Road 13S (CR 13S) at the Conejos–Alamosa county line. (CR 13S heads briefly east, while CR 12 heads north toward Waverly.)
From its junction with CR 12 and CR 13S, SH 368 heads due south along the Conejos–Alamosa county line (with Alamosa County on the east and Conejos County on the west) for about to a junction with the north end of
Colorado State Highway 371
State Highway 371 (SH 371) is a state highway in Conejos and Alamosa counties in Colorado, United States, that connects Colorado State Highway 15 (SH 15), east of Capulin, with Colorado State Highway 368 (SH 368) east of Estr ...
(SH 371) and
Conejos County Road DD (CR DD). (SH 371 heads south toward
Capulin
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and
La Jara while CR DD heads west toward SH 15.)
From its junction with SH 371 and CR DD, SH 368 heads due east into Alamosa County for approximately to its western terminus with US 285 and
Alamosa County Road 14S (CR 14S) in Estrella, connecting with the south end of several county roads along the way. (US 285 heads north toward Alamosa and south toward La Jara and
Antonito, while CR 14S heads briefly east.)
Major intersections
See also
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List of state highways in Colorado
The state highways of Colorado are a system of public paved roads funded and maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in the U.S. state of Colorado. These are state highways, which are typically abbreviated SH. The numbered ...
References
External links
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Transportation in Rio Grande County, Colorado
Transportation in Conejos County, Colorado
Transportation in Alamosa County, Colorado