U.S. 287

U.S. 287 through Colorado travels across the High Plains from the panhandle of Oklahoma to Limon. U.S. 287 overlaps with U.S. 385 north to Lamar. Beyond a concurrency with U.S. 50 west along the Arkansas River, U.S. 287 resumes north from Wiley to Eads and northwest alongside U.S. 40 from Kit Carson to Hugo and U.S. 24 at Limon.

An unmarked overlap with Interstate 70 takes U.S. 287 west to the Denver metropolitan area. U.S. 287 accompanies Business Loop I-70/U.S. 40 west along Colfax Avenue across the city of Aurora to Downtown Denver. Federal Boulevard leads the highway north to SH 128 (120th Avenue) in Westminster.

U.S. 287/SH 128 overlap west into the city and county of Broomfield. U.S. 287 turns north at SH 121 (Wadsworth Parkway) to Lafayette, Longmont and Loveland in Larimer County. Continuing north into Fort Collins, U.S. 287 follows College Avenue to Colorado State University and Downtown. The northernmost extent of U.S. 287 runs along the Front Range toward Laramie, Wyoming.

U.S. 287 Colorado Guides

• U.S. 287/385 South - Lamar to Oklahoma

Between 1940 and the mid 1960s, U.S. 87 overlapped with U.S. 287 between Denver and Fort Collins.

• North - Denver, Broomfield

• North - Fort Collins to Wyoming

• South - Fort Collins, Broomfield, Westminster

• North - Denver, Broomfield

North

U.S. 287 (Federal Boulevard) heads north from Interstate 70 between the Regis and Chaffee Park neighborhoods in northwest Denver.
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Federal Boulevard leaves the Denver city limits ahead of 54th Avenue at the unincorporated community of Berkley.
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U.S. 287 proceeds north from W 56th Avenue into a diamond interchange with Interstate 76.
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Interstate 76 travels northeast to Commerce City, Brighton and Fort Morgan.
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Interstate 76 concludes three miles to the west of U.S. 287 at I-70 in Arvada.
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U.S. 287 intersects Midway Boulevard just beyond the exchange with the north end of SH 121 (Wadsworth Parkway) in Broomfield.
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• North - Fort Collins to Wyoming

North

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Pitkin Street heads west onto the campus of Colorado State University.
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Mulberry Street is part of SH 14 from Riverside Avenue in Fort Collins east to Interstate 25.
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Mulberry Street extends 0.71 miles west from SH 14 to College Avenue en route to City Park.
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SH 14 converges with U.S. 287 (College Avenue) north from Downtown Fort Collins along Jefferson Street.
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North West

An implied overlap with U.S. 287 leads SH 14 north 13.06 miles from Segment C on Jefferson Street to Segment B at Ted's Place.
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U.S. 287 (College Avenue) spans the Cache La Poudre River across the Gateway Bridge.
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The reassurance marker posted north of Hickory Street was removed by 2015 during construction expanding College Avenue.
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U.S. 287 meets the south end of SH 1 (Terry Lake Road) just beyond the Fort Collins city line.
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SH 1 runs 10.05 miles northeast to I-25/U.S. 87 at the town of Wellington. The route formerly overlapped with U.S. 287 as part of the original alignment of U.S. 87 south to Denver.
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SH 1 encircles Terry Lake to the east while U.S. 287/SH 14 run along the reservoir to the southwest.
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This shield assembly for U.S. 287/SH 14 was removed during widening of the highway north of SH 1 in 2016/17.
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Expansion of U.S. 287/SH 14 to a five lane boulevard also resulted in the removal of this distance sign.
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Turning west, U.S. 287/SH 14 intersect Shields Street (CR 17) at an at-grade crossing with the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Posted just west of Shields Street, this guide sign preceded the previous split with CR 54G (old U.S. 287) into Laporte.
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Part of a three year project improving U.S. 287 between SH 1 to Laporte through Spring 2019, construction at CR 54G added a 228 foot diameter roundabout.¹
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U.S. 287 shifts northwest from the roundabout with CR 54G near milepost 350 to bypass Laporte.
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U.S. 287 formerly ran west along CR 54G through Laporte.
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The grade separation taking U.S. 287/SH 14 over County Road 19 was constructed as part of the Laporte bypass in 1998.
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The foothills of the Front Range come into view along the controlled access bypass of Laporte.
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U.S. 287/SH 14 intersect N Overland Trail south to Laporte and CR 21C north just beyond mile marker 352.
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Curving southwest, U.S. 287 intersects CR 56 west and Green Mile Drive south.
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CR 54G (old U.S. 287) returns to U.S. 287/SH 14 northwest from Laporte.
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SH 14 separates from U.S. 287 north in a half mile for Poudre Canyon and Roosevelt National Forest.
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Segment B of SH 14 travels 87.62 miles west from U.S. 287 at Ted's Place to SH 125 (Main Street) in the Jackson County seat of Walden.
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North

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U.S. 287 north crossing the North Poudre Supply Canal.
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Reassurance marker posted north of Ingleside Road.
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Big Ridge Way is an old alignment of U.S. 287 east of Bonner Peak.
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U.S. 287 navigates through an S-curve at mile marker 363 to Owl Canyon.
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CR 72 lowers from Owl Canyon and the Front Range to ranch land west of Interstate 25.
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U.S. 287 advances northwest from Owls Canyon to mile marker 365 on Gage Hill.
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Curving west to mile marker 366, U.S. 287 lowers to the unincorporated community of Livermore.
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U.S. 287 enters Livermore west of Springs Ranch Road.
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North of CR 80, U.S. 287 descends into a broad valley west of Tibbits Lake.
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Deadman Butte rises just east of U.S. 287.
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U.S. 287 ascends through an S-curve across Grayback Ridge.
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CR 80C ties into U.S. 287 at Cherokee Park.
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U.S. 287 rises onto another ridge north to mile marker 371.
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U.S. 287 travel west of Red Nose and Red Mountain.
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Crossing Lonetree Creek for the first time on U.S. 287 northbound.
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CR 37 (Red Mountain Road) stems north to Red Mountain.
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Northbound U.S. 287 at Old Ranch Road and Deadman Creek.
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The bridge over Deadman Creek follows mile marker 379.
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The settlement of Virginia Dale is the last community along U.S. 287 north in Colorado.
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CR 45E loops west of U.S. 287 along a former alignment of the highway.
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Rock formation north of mile marker 382.
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The CDOT Virginia Dale Rest Area lines the west side of U.S. 287 in one mile.
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CR 45E returns from ranch land east of Fish Creek.
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U.S. 287 enters the state of Wyoming just beyond Mud Creek and mile marker 385.
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South East

U.S. 287 heads south from the end of SH 1 (Terry Lake Road) at Poudre Valley Mobile Home Park into Fort Collins.
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Crossing the Larimer and Weld Canal, U.S. 287 (College Avenue) south enters the city of Fort Collins.
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Willox Lane runs west to CR 17 and east to Greenbriar Park and Lemay Avenue near Lindenmeier Lake.
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SH 14 branches southeast from U.S. 287 (College Avenue) a half mile south of Legacy Park in Downtown Fort Collins.
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Vine Drive stems east from the succeeding traffic light along College Avenue south to the Trailhead and Waterglen developments in the Fort Collins suburbs.
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Built in 1995, U.S. 287 spans the Cache la Poudre River over the Gateway Bridge.
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SH 14 initially follows Jefferson Street southeast from U.S. 287 (College Avenue) at Maple Street onto Riverside Avenue at Lincoln Avenue.
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SH 14 runs east from Fort Collins along Mulberry Street to Interstate 25 at Exit 269.
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South

U.S. 287 south intersects Midway Boulevard just ahead of the trumpet interchange with SH 121 (Wadsworth Parkway) in Broomfield.
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U.S. 287 turns southeast from the exchange with SH 121 (Wadsworth Parkway) south to 120th Avenue. SH 121 connects with U.S. 36 (Denver-Boulder Turnpike) nearby.
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SH 121 (Wadsworth Parkway) is an arterial route leading 30.83 miles south from Broomfield to Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Lakewood and Ken Caryl Ranch.
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U.S. 287 (Federal Boulevard) meets U.S. 36 (Denver-Boulder Turnpike) directly in the city of Westminster.
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U.S. 36 (Denver-Boulder Turnpike) continues east from U.S. 287 (Federal Boulevard) to Sherrelwood, Twin Lakes and I-25/270.
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