State Highway 89 is a 34.3 mi (55.2 km) long state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the rural eastern plains of Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

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Route description

SH 89 begins in the north at the junction with US 50

U.S. Route 50 in Colorado

In the U.S. state of Colorado, U.S. Route 50 is a major highway crossing through the lower mid section of the state. It connects the Western Slope with the lower Front Range and the Arkansas Valley. The highway serves the areas of Pueblo and Grand Junction as well as many other smaller areas along...

/400

400

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 in Holly and proceeds south out of Holly through rural countryside, isolated from any other towns. Although the highway is the main route from the unincorporated town of Lycan

Lycan, Colorado

Lycan is an unincorporated town in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Two Buttes now serves Lycan postal addresses....

 to Holly, there are no major junctions. The highway comes to a stop at the intersection with SH 116

Colorado State Highway 116

State Highway 116 is a fairly isolated state highway that runs from the Kansasstate line in the southeastern corner of the state.-Route description:...

 at the small community of Buckeye Crossroads (population: 7). The road continues as an unpaved county road further south after the intersection.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destination
Baca Baca County, Colorado Baca County is the southeasternmost of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 4,517 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Springfield.- History :...		0.000
Prowers Prowers County, Colorado Prowers County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named in honor of John W. Prowers, a leading pioneer in the lower Arkansas valley region. The county population was 14,483 at U.S. Census 2000...	Holly Holly, Colorado Holly is an historic Statutory Town in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado, United States, near the Kansas border. Located four miles from the Kansas border at an elevation of , Holly is the least elevated town in Colorado...	34.340