Colorado State Highway 82 is a state highway of the U.S. state of Colorado. Approximately 85 mi (136 km) long, it provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, running from Interstate 70 at Glenwood Springs southeast past Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen. Southeast of Aspen it climbs to 12,095 ft on a 6% grade at Independence Pass (open late May–October) before descending to meet U.S. Highway 24 south of Leadville in the Arkansas River valley. At its northwestern end it furnishes the principal vehicle access between most of Colorado and the Aspen/Snowmass resorts. Recently widened to four-lanes along its the 50 mile (80 km) section between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, it is heavily used commuting route for day workers between bedroom communities in the lower valley and the resort community of Aspen. In addition to its termini at Interstate 70 and U.S. 24, at Carbondale it intersects Colorado State Highway 133, which furnishes a route over McClure Pass to the North Fork Valley near Paonia. The highway roughly follows the Roaring Fork River along its entire route, offering scenic views of Mount Sopris in the lower end of the valley. The Roaring Fork Transit Authority provides well-used public transportation along the highway between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. 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. ... This is the article on the state. ... The Western Slope of Colorado refers the region of the US state of Colorado west of the Rocky Mountains. ... I-70 looking westbound near Mile 326, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Interstate 70 is a long interstate highway in the United States. ... Glenwood Springs is a city located in Garfield County, Colorado. ... Carbondale is a town located in Garfield County, Colorado. ... Basalt is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado. ... Aspen Court House Aspen, Colorado is now a Colorado ski resort and cultural center, named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area. ... United States Highway 24, a dual north-south/east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... View of Mount Massive looking west from Harrison Street in downtown Leadville Leadville is the county seat of Lake County, Colorado. ... Lower Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a tributary of the Mississippi which flows east and southeast through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and the state of Arkansas. ... Aspen/Snowmass is an expansive winter resort complex located in Pitkin County in western Colorado in the United States. ... A bedroom community is a town or city that is primarily residential in character, with most of its residents commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ... Paonia is a town located in Delta County, Colorado. ... The Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, in west central Colorado in the United States. ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ...
COLORADO, one of the Mountain states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Wyoming and Nebraska, on the E by Nebraska and Kansas, on the S by Oklahoma and New Mexico, and on the W by Utah.
Colorado has a tradition of high academic standards and public support of the arts, as evidenced by the number and quality of the educational and cultural institutions in the state.
Among Colorado’s prominent museums are the Denver Art Museum (1893), the Denver Museum of Natural History (1900), the museum of the Historical Society of Colorado, and the Colorado Heritage Center, all of which are in Denver.
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