State Highway 52 (SH 52) is a long
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 Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
in northeastern
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
. The western terminus is at
SH 119 near
Niwot, and the eastern terminus is at
SH 14 in
Raymer.
Route description
SH 52 begins near
Niwot, running east from its western terminus past
US 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 U.S. Route 281, US 281. The highway is broken into two segments by Ye ...
to a
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade separation, grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. ...
with
I-25
Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I-25 st ...
, near the towns of
Dacono,
Frederick, and
Firestone. The highway continues east through interchanges with
US 85 in
Fort Lupton and
I-76 in
Hudson. Farther east, the route bends north about south of
Wiggins where it begins its concurrency with I-76, US 6, and US 34 eastward to
Fort Morgan where it again turns north and traverses to
Raymer, where it ends at SH 14.
Major intersections
References
External links
Colorado Highways: Routes 1 to 100
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Transportation in Boulder County, Colorado
Transportation in Weld County, Colorado
Transportation in Morgan County, Colorado
Fort Morgan, Colorado