Colorado State Highway 139

State Highway 139
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	72.1 mi[1] (116.0 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-70 exit 15 at Loma
	US 6
North end:	SH 64 at Rangely
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 136 SH 140 →

State Highway 139 is a 72.1 mi (116.0 km) long state highway in far western Colorado.

Route description

SH 139 begins in the south at exit 15 of Interstate 70 at Loma roughly fifteen miles west of Grand Junction. From there the road proceeds northward through very remote, very sparsely populated land to its northern end at State Highway 64 at Rangely. There are no significant settlements for the road's entire length. Near its midpoint, the road crosses Bookcliff Mountains at Douglas Pass at an elevation of 8,268 ft (2,520 m).

History

The route was established in the 1920s, when it began at U.S. Route 6 in Loma and went north to SH 64. The route was completely deleted in 1954 and reestablished by 1964, where it ended at Douglas Pass. The route was paved from Loma to Douglas Pass in 1972, when the southern terminus was extended to Interstate 70. The route was extended back to SH 64 in 1975.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destination	Notes
Mesa	Loma	0.000	I-70	South end of route
		1.285	US 6
Garfield	No major junctions in Garfield County
Rio Blanco	Rangely	72.065	SH 64	North end of route

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Segment Descriptions for Highway 139". Colorado Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=139&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 
2. ^ Salek, Matthew E.. "Colorado Routes 120-139". http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r120-139.html#139. Retrieved 2010-05-29.