U.S. Route 160 in Colorado

File:Wolf Creek Pass Tunnel.JPG]]

US 160 enters Colorado near the Four Corners Monument. It goes northeast and intersects US 491, then turns north to enter Cortez with US 491. East of Cortez, a road leads south from US 160 to Mesa Verde National Park. It continues east to Durango, where it intersects US 550. After overlapping with US 550 south of Durango, US 160 turns east and meets US 84 at Pagosa Springs. It then goes northeast and crosses the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, the area made popular in 1975 in C.W. McCall's album Wolf Creek Pass.{{Cite web |last=Ligo |first=Joe |date=2021-05-19 |title=The 1970s Trucking Craze Can Be Traced Back to a Regional TV Commercial for Bread |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/40634/the-1970s-trucking-craze-can-be-traced-back-to-a-regional-tv-commercial-for-bread |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=The Drive |language=en-US}}

File:La Veta Pass.JPG]]

From Wolf Creek Pass, US 160 continues northeast and turns east at South Fork. At Monte Vista, an overlap begins with US 285, which continues southeast into Alamosa. It turns east, then goes northeast to go through North La Veta Pass, then continues east to Walsenburg, where it intersects Interstate 25 (I-25).

File:Spanish Peaks, Colorado US 160.jpg at far left, West Spanish Peak to its right) and Trinchera Peak in the distance, taken from along U.S. 160, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Walsenburg]]

From Walsenburg, US 160 continues south with I-25 to Trinidad, then turns northeast to intersect US 350. It continues east, passing through the Comanche National Grassland before intersecting the concurrent US 287 and US 385 south of Springfield. It continues east and enters Kansas east of Walsh.

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As commissioned in 1930 the western terminus was Trinidad.[http://usends.com/160.html U.S. Highway Ends] by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007{{sps|certain=yes|date=April 2017}} In 1939, US 160 absorbed all of former route U.S. Highway 450 which ran from US 50 at Crescent Junction, Utah to US 85 at Walsenburg.[http://usends.com/450.html U.S. Highway Ends] by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007{{sps|certain=yes|date=April 2017}}

In 1970, many US Highways in the Four Corners region were realigned. US 160 was diverted southwesterly from Cortez to follow its present route past the Four Corners into Arizona, absorbing the route numbered U.S. Highway 164.[http://usends.com/164-ii.html U.S. Highway Ends] by Dale Sanderson (Mapguy), Last Retrieved September 25, 2007{{sps|certain=yes|date=April 2017}}

In 2021, the portion of the highway between Walsenburg and the highway's junction with Colorado State Highway 12 was designated a National Scenic Byway. The designation, which includes State Highway 12 and the county roads over Cordova Pass, is called the Scenic Highway of Legends.{{cite web |url=https://www.codot.gov/news/2021/february-2021/new-scenic-byways |title=Two New National Scenic Byways for Colorado |author= |date=2021-02-18 |website=Colorado Department of Transportation |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=2021-02-21 |quote=}}

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• List of U.S. Highways in Colorado

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Category:Transportation in Costilla County, Colorado

Category:Transportation in Huerfano County, Colorado

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