Colorado State Highway 263
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Colorado State Highway 263 is a 2.73 mile (4.39 kilometer) long two lane state highway
located within the city limits of Greeley, Colorado
. The average daily traffic of the route, which was recorded in 2008, was about 5700 cars entering at the junction with U.S. Route 85, and 4700 cars exiting at the intersection with Fern Avenue. It is classified as a Major Urban Collector highway by the Colorado Department of Transportation, and does not have any truck limitations. Law enforcement along the highway and the remainder of the county is provided by Colorado State Patrol
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east of downtown Greeley. Within the town, it is known as 8th Street. 8th Street itself beings at an intersection with 26th Avenue inside the town As it begins to exit metropolitan Greeley, the road passes over the Cache La Poudre River
. From there, the highway heads east on 8th Street out of town. After that, it continues on for a while, past a junction with State Highway 37 until it reaches Fern Avenue, where it abruptly turns into a county road, near the beginning of Greeley-Weld Airport and the Sand Creek.
. At some point the location of U.S. Route 85 was moved to 8th Avenue, so the highway then had its west end there, for a total length of 6.74 miles from U.S. Route 85 to State Highway 37. The highway was paved by 1946. Even after the construction of the U.S. Route 85 Bypass half a mile to the east, turning the former US 85 into US 85 Business, the highway continued to have its west end at U.S. Route 85. In March 2007, two sections of the highway were turned back (removed) as part of the North Front Range Route Swap. The first was near U.S. Route 85, and the second from Fern Avenue to State Highway 37.
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State highway
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located within the city limits of Greeley, Colorado
Greeley, Colorado
The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...
. The average daily traffic of the route, which was recorded in 2008, was about 5700 cars entering at the junction with U.S. Route 85, and 4700 cars exiting at the intersection with Fern Avenue. It is classified as a Major Urban Collector highway by the Colorado Department of Transportation, and does not have any truck limitations. Law enforcement along the highway and the remainder of the county is provided by Colorado State Patrol
Colorado State Patrol
The Colorado State Patrol , based in Lakewood, Colorado, is a division of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, and is one of the official state police agencies of Colorado, along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and several smaller state agencies...
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Route description
The route begins at the junction with U.S. Route 85U.S. Route 85
U.S. Route 85 is a north–south United States highway that runs for in the Mountain - Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, connecting with Mexican Federal Highway 45...
east of downtown Greeley. Within the town, it is known as 8th Street. 8th Street itself beings at an intersection with 26th Avenue inside the town As it begins to exit metropolitan Greeley, the road passes over the Cache La Poudre River
Cache La Poudre River
The Cache la Poudre River is in the state of Colorado in the United States.Its headwaters are in the Front Range in Larimer County, in the northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park. The river descends eastward in the mountains through the Roosevelt National Forest in Poudre Canyon...
. From there, the highway heads east on 8th Street out of town. After that, it continues on for a while, past a junction with State Highway 37 until it reaches Fern Avenue, where it abruptly turns into a county road, near the beginning of Greeley-Weld Airport and the Sand Creek.
History
The highway was constructed and opened in 1939. At that time, it extended from U.S. Route 85 (then known as 11th Avenue in Greeley) east out of town and ended at State Highway 37 north of KerseyKersey, Colorado
Kersey is a statutory town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,389 at the 2000 census.-History:Originally called Orr, Kersey was created in 1882 as a place on the Union Pacific Railroad main line between Julesburg and LaSalle. The area was given its current name in 1896 by...
. At some point the location of U.S. Route 85 was moved to 8th Avenue, so the highway then had its west end there, for a total length of 6.74 miles from U.S. Route 85 to State Highway 37. The highway was paved by 1946. Even after the construction of the U.S. Route 85 Bypass half a mile to the east, turning the former US 85 into US 85 Business, the highway continued to have its west end at U.S. Route 85. In March 2007, two sections of the highway were turned back (removed) as part of the North Front Range Route Swap. The first was near U.S. Route 85, and the second from Fern Avenue to State Highway 37.
Major intersections
The entire route is located within the city limits of Greeley, in Weld CountyWeld County, Colorado
As of the census of 2000, there were 180,936 people, 63,247 households, and 45,221 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 66,194 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
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Colorado
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| Location | Mile | Destination | Notes |
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| Greeley Greeley, Colorado The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the... |
0.000 | South end of route | |
| 1.716 | Northern most junction of route |