State Highway 184 (SH 184) is a long
state highway in the southwestern corner of
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 184's western terminus is at
U.S. Route 491 (US 491) near
Lewis
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...
, and the eastern terminus is at
U.S. Route 160 Business (US 160 Bus.) in
Mancos
Mancos is a statutory town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census, down from 1,336 in 2010.
The town is in southwestern Colorado, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademar ...
.
Route description
SH 184 begins in the west at its junction with
US 491
U.S. Route 491 (US 491) is a north–south U.S. Highway serving the Four Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666 (US 666). With the US 666 designation, the road was nicknamed t ...
near
Lewis
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...
and travels ESE to
Mancos
Mancos is a statutory town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census, down from 1,336 in 2010.
The town is in southwestern Colorado, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademar ...
. The highway has a one mile (1.6 km) overlap with
SH 145 just south of
Dolores which is not technically part of SH 184 making the actual driving distance from Lewis to Mancos just over . It also intersects
US 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 ...
near
Mancos
Mancos is a statutory town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census, down from 1,336 in 2010.
The town is in southwestern Colorado, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademar ...
, near its eastern terminus at
US 160 Bus.
History
The route was established in 1939, when it connected
US 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 ...
at
Arriola to
Mancos
Mancos is a statutory town in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census, down from 1,336 in 2010.
The town is in southwestern Colorado, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, and holds the trademar ...
. Most of the route was deleted by 1954, leaving approximately nine miles near Mancos. The route was extended to
Dolores by 1978, when it was entirely paved.
Major intersections
References
External links
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184
Transportation in Montezuma County, Colorado