Highway 14

Colorado State Highway 14 travels 236.92 miles from U.S. 40 by the Jackson and Grand County line east to Sterling along the South Platte River and Interstate 76 corridor. SH 14 serves the plains of northern and northeastern Colorado, leaving Larimer County and continuing through Ault and several other small Weld County communities en route to the seat of Logan County. The highway passes ranches and farms as well as land preserved as part of the Pawnee National Grassland. Beyond the end of SH 14 in Sterling, U.S. 6 picks up the trajectory of SH 14 east toward Holyoke in Phillips County and onward to Nebraska.

SH 14 west joins U.S. 287 north from Fort Collins to the community of Laporte. Beyond their split at Ted's Place, U.S. 287 continues northwest into Laramie, Wyoming, while SH 14 turns west into the Laramie Mountains. The state highway is represents a scenic corridor that follows the Cache La Poudre River through Roosevelt National Forest. SH 14 ascends to an elevation of 10,276 feet as its crosses Colorado's section of the Medicine Bow Mountains, which include the Snowy Range west of Laramie in Wyoming, at Cameron Pass.

Continuing northwest between Gould and Owl Mountain, SH 14 descends into a basin, where it passes through the town of Walden. Following an overlap with SH 125, SH 14 (Route 014A) runs south toward Mexican Ridge and the Rabbit Ears Range to conclude in 32.97 miles at U.S. 40 and Muddy Pass by the Continental Divide U.S. 40 travels west then north to Steamboat Springs, a world famous ski resort town. U.S. 40 then continues west toward Craig and onward to Utah.

East

SH 14 branches southeast from U.S. 287 (College Avenue) in Fort Collins along Jefferson Street. The town of Ault is 18.4 miles east of U.S. 287 along SH 14.
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Mountain Avenue east ties into SH 14 (Jefferson Street) across from Lincoln Avenue. SH 14 continues southeast along Riverside Avenue.
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SH 14 (Riverside Avenue) runs alongside a Union Pacific Railroad line southeast from Whedbee Street in Fort Collins.
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A button copy sign at Stover Street marking the forthcoming turn of SH 14 east from Riverside Avenue onto Mulberry Street was replaced in kind by 2018.
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Mulberry Street leads SH 14 east across the Cache la Poudre River toward Interstate 25 in east Fort Collins.
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The SH 14/I-25 assembly at Riverside Avenue and Mulberry Street was replaced in 2016 with similarly overlapped shields.
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SH 14 crosses the Cache La Poudre River beside the Homestead Natural Area.
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SH 14 meets Interstate 25 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exit 269).
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Interstate 25 travels south from Fort Collins by Loveland and Longmont to Denver.
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Replaced with a left turn onto the entrance ramp from westbound, the loop ramp from SH 14 east onto I-25 north was removed.
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Interstate 25 continues north from SH 14 to Wellington and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Andy Field: 08/15/13

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Page Updated Sunday January 09, 2022.