Colorado State Highway 79
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Kiowa-Bennett Road Converse Road | ||||
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Map of north central Colorado with SH 79 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by CDOT | ||||
| Length: | 23.8 mi[1] (38.2 km) | |||
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| South end: |
   I-70 / US 40 / US 287 near Bennett | |||
 SH 36 at Bennett | ||||
| North end: |
 SH 52 at Prospect Valley | |||
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| Counties: | Adams, Weld | |||
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Colorado State Highways
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State Highway 79 is a 23.8 mi (38.3 km) long state highway in Adams and Weld counties in Colorado. It starts at The highway is also called "Kiowa–Bennett Road" and "Converse Road". It traverses through remote, open plain. The highway does not pass through any towns. It does service some subdivisions in the area. SH 79 ends at SH 52 in Prospect Valley.
Route description
The road begins at Interstate 70, concurrent there with U.S. Highway 287 and U.S. Highway 40. It then heads northward into the town of Bennett, where it abruptly turns eastward and begins a short concurrency with State Highway 36. It then heads back northward slowly into a mass of rectangular fields, crossing the Adams–Weld county line. It continues northward in the same terrain, crossing numerous county roads, to its north end at SH 52.[2]
History
The road was established in the 1920s, when it connected Bennett to Prospect. SH 79 was extended to Elbert County in 1954. The following year, the extension was deleted. The road was entirely paved and extended again down to its current terminus at Interstate 70 in 1963.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Adams | | 0.00 | 0.00 |  I-70 / US 40 / US 287 / US 36 | Interchange |
| Bennett | 1.24 | 2.00 | SH 36 west | South end of SH 36 overlap; Former US 36 | |
| 1.58 | 2.54 | SH 36 east | North end of SH 36 overlap; Former US 36 | ||
| Weld | Prospect Valley | 23.89 | 38.45 | SH 52 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "Segment Descriptions for Highway 79". Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ↑ Microsoft; Nokia (2010-06-11). "Overview Map of SH 79" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ↑ Salek, Matthew E. "Colorado Routes 60-79". Retrieved 2010-06-11.