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State Highway 96 (SH 96) is a state highway in eastern
Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway map.
The highway passes and intersects many major highways and several state highways along its 207-mile route. In Custer County, Highway 96 crosses the
File:Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway.JPG, The highway just west of Wetmore.
File:Hardscrabble Pass.JPG, Hardscrabble Pass, the highest point on the highway.
File:Rush Creek (Colorado).JPG, The highway passes over Rush Creek in Kiowa County.
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 ...
. Its western terminus is an intersection with SH 69 in Westcliffe. Its eastern terminus is at the Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
state line, east of Towner, where it continues as K-96
K96 or K-96 may refer to:
*K-96 (Kansas highway)
K-96 is a state highway in central and southern Kansas. Its western terminus is at the Colorado state line east of Towner, Colorado, where it continues as Colorado State Highway 96; its east ...
.
Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway
The section of the highway between Pueblo and Silver Cliff is designated as part of the Frontier Pathways National Scenic Byway.America's BywayFrontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway map.
The highway passes and intersects many major highways and several state highways along its 207-mile route. In Custer County, Highway 96 crosses the Wet Mountains
The Wet Mountains are a small mountain range in southern Colorado, named for the amount of snow they receive in the winter as compared to the dried Great Plains to the east. They are a sub-range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in the southern R ...
and passes through the San Isabel National Forest
San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the state's 53 fourteeners, peaks over high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado.
It is one of eleven national forests in the state of Color ...
. Its highest point is Hardscrabble Pass
Hardscrabble Pass (9,085 ft/2,769 m) is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado ( USA). It lies between the Wet Mountain Valley to the west and the valley of the Arkansas River to the east. The pass traverses the Wet Mountains. State High ...
at 9,085 feet.
History
The route was established in the 1920s, when the routing was exactly as it is today. Several portions were paved by 1946 including the segment fromPueblo
In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
to Boone, Olney Springs to Sugar City, and from Haswell to the Kansas state line. The segment of SH 96 concurrent with US 50 was constructed as an expressway by 1957. The entire route was paved by 1964.
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