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State Highway 121 (SH 121) is a 30.425 mile (48.96 km) long
The route, also known as Wadsworth Boulevard, Wadsworth Bypass, and Wadsworth Parkway, starts at a junction with Waterton Road in unincorporated Jefferson County (near Littleton and at the entrance to the main plant of
The name Wadsworth comes from Benjamin Franklin Wadsworth, one of the founders and first postmaster of
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 the U.S. state of Colorado. SH 121's southern terminus is at Waterton Road near Littleton, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 287
U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind US 281. It serves as the major truck route between Fort Worth and Ama ...
(US 287) in Broomfield.
Route description
The route, also known as Wadsworth Boulevard, Wadsworth Bypass, and Wadsworth Parkway, starts at a junction with Waterton Road in unincorporated Jefferson County (near Littleton and at the entrance to the main plant of Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Lockheed Martin Space is one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. It has its headquarters in Littleton, Colorado, with additional sites in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Sunnyvale, California; Santa Cruz, California; Huntsville ...
) and ends at the junction of U.S. Route 36
U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway that travels approximately from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection i ...
, U.S. Route 287
U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind US 281. It serves as the major truck route between Fort Worth and Ama ...
, and State Highway 128 in Broomfield at a trumpet interchange. State Highway 121 passes through portions of southwest Denver County
Denver () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States#State capital, capital, and List of municipalities in Colorado#, most populous city of th ...
.
History
The name Wadsworth comes from Benjamin Franklin Wadsworth, one of the founders and first postmaster of Arvada
Arvada () is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States Census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 residing in Adams Co ...
. In northwest Arvada, Wadsworth Boulevard passes over Hackberry Hill
Hackberry Hill is a hill in northeast Arvada, Colorado between the Ralston Creek and Little Dry Creek watersheds.
History
The top of this hill was the site of a lone hackberry tree which served as a landmark to early explorers and settlers of re ...
at the site where a landmark hackberry tree, for which the hill was named, stood before it was cut down to make room for the highway in 1937.
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{{Attached KML121 121 may refer to:
* 121 (number), a natural number
*AD 121, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 121 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 121 (Eagle) Sqn
* 121 (MBTA bus)
* 121 (New Jersey bus)
*Road 121, see list of highways numbered 121
*Russian cruiser ...
Transportation in Jefferson County, Colorado
Transportation in Lakewood, Colorado
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Arvada, Colorado
Westminster, Colorado
Transportation in Broomfield County, Colorado
Transportation in Denver