State Highway 394 (SH 394) is a
state highway in
Moffat County,
Colorado
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, United States. SH 394's western terminus is at
U.S. Route 40/
Colorado State Highway 13
State Highway 13 (SH 13) in the U.S. state of Colorado is a north–south mountain route that travels from Rifle to the Wyoming border near Baggs, Wyoming, through the Rocky Mountains.
Route description
The route begins at a diamond interc ...
(US 40/SH 13) in
Craig, and the eastern terminus is at the
Moffat
Moffat ( gd, Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town.
...
–
Routt county line.
Route description
SH 394 begins in Craig at the intersection of Ranney Street and West Victory Way (carrying westbound US 40/SH 13). From its western terminus SH 394 proceeds south on Ranney Street for one
block
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before crossing the eastbound direction of the US 40/SH 13
one-way pair
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Descripti ...
that runs along West 4th Street. About another block south, the highway crosses a set of
railroad tracks
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and leaves the
city limit
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s of Craig.
About south of Craig, after another railroad crossing, SH 394 crosses over the
Yampa River
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. Roughly farther south the highway turns east at an intersection with
County Road 107 (CR 107), which continues south, on the southern edge of a small
oxbow lake of the Yampa River. East of CR 107, SH heads easterly, roughly parallel US 40.
After heading easterly for about and immediately after a junction with
County Road 100, SH 394 turns south and () the pavement ends shortly thereafter. After heading southerly for roughly , at a
T intersection with
County Road 113 (which continues south), the highway turns to head easterly for about another . The highway ends at the county line between
Moffat County and
Routt County
Routt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,829. The county seat is Steamboat Springs. Routt County comprises the Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
P ...
, southeast of
Dresher Reservoir. The road continues easterly from SH 294's western terminus as
County Road 65 in Routt County to rejoin US 40 in
Hayden.
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 Moffat County, Colorado