U.S. 385 South - Sheridan Lake to Lamar

SH 96 parallels the Colorado, Kansas & Pacific Railroad west to U.S. 287 and the Kiowa County seat of Eads.
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SH 96 continues west from U.S. 385 to the unincorporated community of Brandon while U.S. 385 resumes south to Bristol.
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The 207.45 mile long route for SH 96 extends west to Pueblo and SH 69 at Westcliffe.
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Lowering 560 feet in elevation over 16 miles, U.S. 385 begins a gradual descent from Kiowa County Road G to the unincorporated community of Bristol.
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U.S. 385 shifts a third of a mile west from CR A and the Prowers County line to CR 24.5.
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U.S. 385 (Labelle Avenue) at 1st Street S in Bristol.
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A confirming marker stands south of CR KK and former SH 196. SH 196 formerly paralleled U.S. 50 west to U.S. 287 at Wiley and comprised a loop east from U.S. 385 to Hartman and south to U.S. 50.¹
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U.S. 385 continues three miles south from old SH 196 to Granada. SH 196 was truncated west to U.S. 385 by 1970, and west to U.S. 287 by early 2010.¹
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Crossing Wolf Creek, U.S. 385 south enters the town of Granada along Main Street.
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U.S. 385 (Main Street) meets U.S. 50 (Goff Avenue) in the Granada business district.
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Doubling as U.S. 400, U.S. 50 runs along the Arkansas River east to the town of Holly into Kansas en route to Garden City.
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Although unmarked from U.S. 385 south, U.S. 400 begins at the intersection with U.S. 50. U.S. 50/400 overlap 14.81 miles to the Kansas state line near the city of Coolidge.
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U.S. 50/385 turn northwest beside Manvel Canal beyond CR 22.5 north to Koen.
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U.S. 50/385 advance west through the unincorporated community of Carlton.
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U.S. 50/385 reach the Prowers County seat of Lamar at a signalized intersection with big box retail along Olive Street.
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A truck route for U.S. 50 circumvents Downtown Lamar along 2nd Street north and Maple Street west.
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2nd Street heads four blocks north to Maple Street, which leads the truck route for U.S. 50 back to U.S. 50/287 on Main Street.
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U.S. 50/287 overlap west from the Arkansas River to a trumpet interchange. U.S. 50 continues to La Junta and Pueblo while U.S. 287 heads north to Eads and Limon.
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U.S. 50/385 separate at U.S. 287 (Main Street) in Downtown Lamar. Olive Street extends west as a residential street.
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