State Highway 392 (SH 392) is a
state highway in
Larimer and
Weld counties in
Colorado
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, United States, that connects
U.S. Route 287 (US 287) on the southern edge of
Fort Collins
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with
Colorado State Highway 14
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(SH 14) in
Briggsdale.
Route description
SH 392 begins at a
T intersection with US 287 on the southern
city limit
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s of Fort Collins in Larimer County, southwest of Robert Benson Lake. From its western terminus, SH 392 heads east as Carpenter Road to cross
County Road 13 (South Lemay Avenue) and
County Road 11 (South Timerline Road), where it briefly enters
Redmond before entering the Fossil Creek Regional Open Space, along which is located the Fossil Creek Reservoir. As the road continues eastward through the park, it becomes the southern boundary before a
diamond interchange
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Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
at (Exit 262) with
Interstate 25/
U.S. Route 87 (I‑25/US 87).
East of I‑25/US 87, the SH 392 briefly continues through farmland before crossing the Larimer–Weld county line. Afterwards, it begins a brief
concurrency with
SH 257 within
Windsor
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and passing just south of
Windsor Lake
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. SH 392 then continues through rectangularly shaped fields before crossing
US 85, where it curves slightly southeastward. As the road continues eastward, the fields become circular, and the road turns slightly northeastward. The surrounding land then becomes barren grassland as the road abruptly turns eastward then sharply northward.
The SH 392 then meets its terminus several miles later at
SH 14 on the northwestern edge of
Briggsdale. The roadway continues north as
County Road 77.
History
The route was established in 1949, where it began at SH 257 in Windsor and continued east to
Barnesville. The road was then paved entirely by 1958, then extended to today's I‑25/US 85 in 1960. The route was then extended east to
Cornish; this section was paved by 1977. The route was then extended to its current eastern terminus at Briggsdale at SH 14 the next year. In 1994, the section east of the former SH 37 was deleted.
In 2007, the section between US 287 and I‑25/US 87 was added to SH 392 and the formerly deleted section eastern was re-added.
Major intersections
See also
*
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 Larimer County, Colorado
Transportation in Weld County, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado