State Highway 114 (SH 114) is a long
state highway in southern central
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 114's western terminus is at
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) east of
Gunnison, and the eastern terminus is at
US 285 in
Saguache.
Route description
SH 114 begins in the west at its junction with
US 50 approximately eight miles east of
Gunnison. From there the route initially proceeds southward for more than before turning more nearly eastward and entering
Gunnison National Forest and climbing up to cross the
Continental Divide at
North Pass at an elevation of . At North Pass the road crosses into
Rio Grande National Forest
Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre (7,530 km²) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado. The forest encompasses the San Luis Valley, which is the world's largest agricultural alpine valley, as well as one of the ...
through which it passes generally eastward for roughly four and a half miles before leaving
National Forest Service land and continuing for a further twenty-six miles before reaching
Saguache at the northern edge of the
San Luis Valley. There the road finds its eastern terminus at
US 285.
History
The route was defined in the 1920s, using a routing over
Cochetopa Pass. By 1954, the route was paved for about and was paved for another two years later. In 1963, the section over Cochetopa Pass was deleted and
North Pass was used instead, paved by 1964.
Major intersections
References
Pictures
North Pass.JPG, North Pass on Highway 114.
Colorado State Highway 114.JPG, A section of Highway 114 in Gunnison County.
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Transportation in Gunnison County, Colorado
Transportation in Saguache County, Colorado
Gunnison National Forest
Rio Grande National Forest
San Luis Valley of Colorado