Colorado State Highway 10

State Highway 10
State Highway 10
	Map of south central Colorado with SH 10 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by CDOT
Length	71.968 mi (115.821 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-25 / US 160 in Walsenburg
East end	US 50 in La Junta
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Otero
Highway system
	Colorado State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

State Highway 10 (SH 10) is a 71.968-mile-long (115.821 km) state highway in the US state of Colorado. SH 10's western terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25) and U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Walsenburg, and the eastern terminus is at US 50 in La Junta.

Looking northeast along SH 10 east of Walsenburg

Route description

SH 10 begins at an interchange with I-25 east of Walsenburg. It then heads east-northeast in a straight line, passing through Las Animas County and Pueblo County, before entering Otero County. The highway then turns due east, intersecting SH 71 in Hawley, before terminating at US 50 in La Junta.

History

The route was established in the 1920s, when it began at the Utah state line near Dove Creek and went east to Walsenburg on today's Interstate 25. By 1936, a section was added pushing SH 10's terminus east to La Junta. By 1938, the route was corrected in a more straight line and most of the route was paved. The entire route was paved by 1960. The entire section from the Utah border to Walsenburg, the original alignment of the route, was relinquished in 1968.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Huerfano	Walsenburg	0.000	0.000	US 160 west – Walsenburg	Continuation west from western terminus
Huerfano	Walsenburg	0.000	0.000	I-25 north – Pueblo I-25 south / US 160 east – Trinidad	Western terminus; I-25 exit 50
Las Animas	No major junctions
Pueblo	No major junctions
Otero	Hawley	62.731	100.956	SH 71 south to US 350 – Trinidad	Western end of SH 71 concurrency
	Hawley	63.231	101.760	SH 71 north – Rocky Ford	Eastern end of SH 71 concurrency
	La Junta	71.968	115.821	US 50 – Pueblo, Lamar	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus