Length 38.24 km | ||
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South end: I-70 / US 40 / US 287 near Bennett North end: SH 52 at Prospect Valley Counties Adams County, Colorado, Weld County, Colorado | ||
State Highway 79 is a 23.8 mi (38.3 km) long state highway in Adams and Weld counties in Colorado. It starts at The highway is also called "Kiowa–Bennett Road" and "Converse Road". It traverses through remote, open plain. The highway does not pass through any towns. It does service some subdivisions in the area. SH 79 ends at SH 52 in Prospect Valley.
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Map of CO-79, Bennett, CO 80102, USA
Route description
The road begins at Interstate 70, concurrent there with U.S. Highway 287 and U.S. Highway 40. It then heads northward into the town of Bennett, where it abruptly turns eastward and begins a short concurrency with State Highway 36. It then heads back northward slowly into a mass of rectangular fields, crossing the Adams–Weld county line. It continues northward in the same terrain, crossing numerous county roads, to its north end at SH 52.
History
The road was established in the 1920s, when it connected Bennett to Prospect. SH 79 was extended to Elbert County in 1954. The following year, the extension was deleted. The road was entirely paved and extended again down to its current terminus at Interstate 70 in 1963.