Colorado State Highway 392
State Highway 392 | ||||
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Map of northern Colorado with SH 392 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length | 46.278 mi[1] (74.477 km) | |||
| Existed | 1949–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 287 in Fort Collins | |||
| East end |  SH 14 in Briggsdale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Colorado | |||
| Counties | Larimer, Weld | |||
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State Highway 392 (SH 392) is a 46.278 mi (74.477 km) state highway in Larimer and Weld counties in Colorado, United States, that connects U.S. Route 287 (US 287) on the southern edge of Fort Collins with Colorado State Highway 14 (SH 14) in Briggsdale.
Route description
SH 392 begins at a T intersection with US 287 on the southern city limits 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 at (Exit 262) with Interstate 25/U.S. Route 87 (I-25/US 87).[2]
East of I-25/US 87, SH 392 briefly continues through farmland before crossing the Larimer–Weld county line. Afterwards, it begins a brief concurrency with SH 257 within Windsor,passing just south of Windsor Lake. SH 392 then continues through a rural area, passing farms, before crossing US 85. As the road continues eastward, it passes more farms before turning northeastward. The surrounding land then becomes barren grassland as the road abruptly turns eastward then sharply northward.[2] 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 87 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 route was truncated at its eastern end to what was then SH 37 near Gill, a truncation which was reverted in 2007. Also in 2007, SH 392 was extended westward to its current western terminus at US 287. As the mileage couldn't run negative, each mile marker was increased by 100.[3]
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.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Larimer | Fort Collins | 95.305 | 153.379 | US 287 (South College Avenue) – Loveland, Fort Collins | Western terminus; T intersection |
| Windsor | 100.000 | 160.934 |  I-25 / US 87 – Denver, Cheyenne | Diamond interchange; I-25 Exit 262 | |
| Weld | 104.455 | 168.104 |   SH 257 north (7th Street) | Western end of SH 257 concurrency | |
| 105.439 | 169.688 |  SH 257 south – Milliken | Eastern end of SH 257 concurrency | ||
| Lucerne | 115.40 | 185.72 |  US 85 – Eaton, Greeley | ||
| Briggsdale | 141.583 | 227.856 | SH 14 – Ault, Sterling | Eastern terminus | |
  CR 77 north | Continuation beyond eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b Colorado Department of Transportation. "Traffic Data Explorer". Retrieved 2024-04-18.
- ^ a b "Bing Maps". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ a b Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 367-399". Retrieved 2010-05-20.
External links
Media related to Colorado State Highway 392 at Wikimedia Commons