 Colorado State Highway 7 is a state highway of the U.S. state of Colorado. Approximately 83 miles long, it is located in north-central portion of the state, traversing the mountains on the east of the continental divide south of Estes Park as well as portions of the Colorado Piedmont north Denver. The northwestern segment of the highway is part of the Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway and furnishes one of the principal access routes to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. The highway is two-lanes along the entire route except for a portion north of Lafayette where it is concurrent with U.S. Highway 287. It is southeast portion it skirts the northern end of the Denver Metropolitan Area, providing an access route connecting Boulder, Lafayette and Brighton with Interstate 25. A state highway in the United States is a numbered highway primarily administered by a state government. ...
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ...
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Estes Park is a Rocky Mountain resort located in Larimer County, Colorado on the Big Thompson River. ...
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Moraine Park and the headwaters of the Big Thompson River are in Rocky Mountain National Park The Rocky Mountain National Park¹ (RMNP) is a national park and wildlife refuge area within the United States National Park System². ...
Lafayette is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
United States Highway 287 is a north-south United States highway. ...
The Denver Metropolitan Area (population 2,179,240 in 2000) has Denver, Colorado with a population of about 500,000 as its core. ...
Pearl Street Mall in Downtown Boulder Boulder (40n01, 105w16 MST) is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,673. ...
Lafayette is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Brighton is a city located in Adams County, Colorado. ...
Interstate 25 is an interstate highway in the western United States. ...
Termini:
- Northwest end: The junction of U.S. Highway 36 at N. St. Vrain and S. St. Vrain avenues in Estes Park.
- Southeast nd: The junction of Interstate 76 frontage road southwest of Lochbuie (southwest of Exit 25).
United States Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles from east-central Ohio to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ...
There is also a game called Interstate 76, developed by Activision and referring to the year 1976. ...
Lochbuie is a town located in Weld County, Colorado. ...
Description of route From Estes Park, the highway climbs into the mountains of southwest Larimer County and skirts the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park, providing the closest vehicle approach the popular trailhead to the summit of Longs Peak. At the community of Raymond, it turns to the east and follows the St. Vrain River downstream onto the piedmont at Lyons, where it intersects U.S. Highway 36 (the Peak-to-Peak highway continues south from Raymond as Colorado State Highway 72). South of Lyons it is concurrent with U.S. 36 along the base of the foothills to Boulder (this section is signed only U.S. 36). It runs straight east from Boulder as the extension of Baseline Drive to U.S. 287 north of Lafayette, jogging slightly to the south while concurrent with U.S. 287, then going due east again to Interstate 25. East of I-25 it goes straight east to Brighton as 160th Avenue (part of the Greater Denver street numbering system), then continues eastward to Interstate 76 south of Lochbuie on the northeast edge of the Denver Metropolitan Area. Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
Longs Peak (or Longs Peak, see below) is one of the 54 fourteeners in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. ...
Lyons is a town located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
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