Colorado State Highway 44
Encyclopedia
State Highway 44 is a highway in Adams County, Colorado
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, heading west across the South Platte River
and ending at Colorado Boulevard in Thornton
. The route west continues as 104th Avenue.
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|1.800
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|Thornton
|4.958
|Colorado Boulevard
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Adams County, Colorado
Adams County is the fifth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the county population was 441,603 in 2010 census, a 21.4% increase since 2000 census. Adams County is named for Alva Adams, Governor of the...
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Route description
SH 44 runs 5 miles (8 km), starting at a junction with Colorado State Highway 2Colorado State Highway 2
State Highway 2 is a state highway of the U.S. state of Colorado. It runs for approximately north–south entirely within the urbanized environment of the Denver Metropolitan Area. It is one of the major north–south thoroughfares of east Denver, where it is known as Colorado Boulevard.-Route...
, heading west across the South Platte River
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...
and ending at Colorado Boulevard in Thornton
Thornton, Colorado
The city of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado and a suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thornton is northeast of the state's capital, Denver. The United States Census Bureau that the city population...
. The route west continues as 104th Avenue.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Adams CountyAdams County, Colorado
Adams County is the fifth most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the county population was 441,603 in 2010 census, a 21.4% increase since 2000 census. Adams County is named for Alva Adams, Governor of the...
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{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Destination
!Notes
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|0.000
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|1.800
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|Thornton
Thornton, Colorado
The city of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado and a suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thornton is northeast of the state's capital, Denver. The United States Census Bureau that the city population...
|4.958
|Colorado Boulevard
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