Colorado State Highway 391
{{Short description|State highway in Colorado, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=CO
|type=SH
|route=391
|alternate_name=Kipling Street
|map=Colorado State Highway 391 Map.svg
|map_notes=Map of Jefferson County in north central Colorado with SH 391 highlighted in red
|length_mi=9.51
|length_round=2
|formed=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=CO|US|285}} in Lakewood
|junction=
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=CO|I|70}} in Wheat Ridge
|counties=Jefferson
|previous_type=SH
|previous_route=389
|next_type=SH
|next_route=392
}}
State Highway 391 (SH 391) is a {{convert|9.51|mi|km|adj=on}} long north–south state highway in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado.
Route description
The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 285 (US 285) in Lakewood. The northern terminus is at Interstate 70 (I-70) exit 267 in Wheat Ridge. The road is known as Kipling Parkway from US 285 north to West Mississippi Avenue and Kipling Street from Mississippi to I-70.
History
The route was established in 1955, when it began at Colfax Avenue and headed south to Alameda Avenue. The northern terminus was extended to 44th Avenue by 1967 and to I-70 by 1968. SH 391 was extended south to US 285 in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r367-399.html#391|title=Colorado Routes 367-399|author=Salek, Matthew E.|accessdate=2010-05-29}}
Major intersections
{{COinttop|county=Jefferson|length_ref={{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=CO-391+N%2FCo+Rd+25%2FS+Kipling+Pkwy&daddr=S+Kipling+Pkwy+to:Kipling+St+to:Kipling+St+to:Kipling+St&hl=en&ll=39.73201,-105.097961&spn=0.289904,0.441513&sll=39.783631,-105.109586&sspn=0.001132,0.001725&geocode=FbEQXQIdLyi8-Q%3BFRtHXQIdeRi8-Q%3BFSAiXgIdhie8-Q%3BFbtiXgId0ie8-Q%3BFZAMXwIdqie8-Q&mra=mi&mrsp=4&sz=19&t=h&z=11|accessdate=January 2, 2014}}}}
{{COint
|location=Lakewood
|lspan=4
|mile=0.0
|road={{Jct|state=CO|US|285|city1=Fairplay|city2=Englewood|road|Kipling Street}}
|notes=Southern terminus; road continues south as Kipling Street}}
{{COint
|mile=1.0
|road={{Jct|state=CO|CO|8|name1=Morrison Road}}
|notes=}}
{{COint
|mile=5.1
|road={{Jct|state=CO|US|6|name1=Sixth Avenue}}
|notes=}}
{{COint
|mile=6.3
|road={{Jct|state=CO|US|40|BL|70|dab2=Denver|name2=Colfax Avenue}}
|notes=}}
{{COint
|location=Wheat Ridge
|mile=9.3
|road={{Jct|state=CO|I|70}}
|notes=Northern terminus; I-70 exit 267}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
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External links
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Category:Transportation in Jefferson County, Colorado