State: | CO |
Type: | CO |
Route: | 114 |
Map: | Colorado State Highway 114 Map.svg |
Map Notes: | Map of south central Colorado with SH 114 highlighted in red |
Length Mi: | 61.7 |
Length Round: | 1 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Direction A: | West |
Terminus A: | east of Gunnison |
Direction B: | East |
Terminus B: | in Saguache |
Counties: | Gunnison, Saguache |
Previous Type: | CO |
Previous Route: | 113 |
Next Type: | CO |
Next Route: | 115 |
State Highway 114 (SH 114) is a 61.71NaN1 long state highway in southern central Colorado. SH 114's western terminus is at U.S. Route 50 (US 50) east of Gunnison, and the eastern terminus is at US 285 in Saguache.
SH 114 begins in the west at its junction with US 50 approximately eight miles east of Gunnison. From there the route initially proceeds southward for more than 20miles before turning more nearly eastward and entering Gunnison National Forest and climbing up to cross the Continental Divide at North Pass at an elevation of 101490NaN0. At North Pass the road crosses into Rio Grande National Forest through which it passes generally eastward for roughly four and a half miles before leaving National Forest Service land and continuing for a further twenty-six miles before reaching Saguache at the northern edge of the San Luis Valley. There the road finds its eastern terminus at US 285.
The route was defined in the 1920s, using a routing over Cochetopa Pass. By 1954, the route was paved for about 12miles and was paved for another 8miles two years later. In 1963, the section over Cochetopa Pass was deleted and North Pass was used instead, paved by 1964.[2]