Colorado State Highway 59


State Highway 59 is a state highway in eastern Colorado. SH 59's southern terminus is at U.S. [Route 40 in Colorado|U.S. Route 40] and U.S. [Route 287 in Colorado|US 287] in Kit Carson, and the northern terminus is at U.S. [Route 138 in Colorado|US 138] in Sedgwick.

Route description

SH 59 begins in the south at a junction with U.S. [Highway 40 |U.S. Highway 40] in Kit Carson. From there, the road proceeds northward for before intersecting Interstate 70 at that highway's exit 405 just south of the Seibert city limits. Highway 59 then continues north through Siebert for another to join with U.S. [Highway 36 |U.S. Highway 36] just east of Cope. From this point, the route runs eastward concurrently with US 36 for nearly eight miles before splitting off northward again approximately two miles west of Joes and heading north for about to reach a junction with U.S. [Highway 34 |U.S. Highway 34] at Yuma. Continuing northward, the road then travels for another to Haxtun where the route intersects U.S. [Highway 6 |U.S. Highway 6]. From Haxton, Highway 59 travels north for a further before crossing Interstate 76 at I-76's exit 165 roughly three miles south of Sedgwick. After three more miles the road reaches its northern terminus at a junction with U.S. [Highway 138 |U.S. Highway 138] at Sedgwick near the Nebraska state line. Through nearly its entire length, the road passes through remote, very sparsely populated agricultural areas.

History

The route was established in the 1920s and paved by 1938.

Major intersections