Colorado State Highway 125

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State Highway 125

Map of northern Colorado with SH 125 highlighted in red

Route information

Maintained by CDOT

Length

75.41 mi^[1] (121.36 km)

Major junctions

South end

US 40 west of Granby

SH 14 near and in Walden
SH 127 north of Cowdrey

North end

WYO 230 at the Wyoming border

Location

Country

United States

State

Colorado

Counties

Grand, Jackson

Highway system

Colorado State Highway System

←

SH 121

→

SH 127

State Highway 125 (SH 125) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. The highway runs north–south through Jackson and Grand counties in north central Colorado. It furnishes the principal north–south link through North Park and a connection to Middle Park over Willow Creek Pass. It is two-lane along its entire route. SH 125's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 40 (US 40) west of Granby, and the northern terminus is at Wyoming Highway 230 (WYO 230) at the Wyoming border.

Route description

At the northern end, the highway begins at the Wyoming state line, where it is contiguous with Wyoming Highway 230. It follows the North Platte River and Michigan River southward through Cowdrey and Walden, the county seat of Jackson County and the largest community along the road. At Walden it intersects State Highway 14. South of Walden, it crosses the southern end of North Park along the valley of the Illinois River, a tributary of the Michigan. It passes the unincorporated community of Rand, then ascends into the mountains and crosses the continental divide at Willow Creek Pass (elevation 9621 ft), one of the lowest crossings of the continental divide in Colorado. On the south side of the pass it descends the sparsely populated valley of Willow Creek into Middle Park. It terminates at its southern end at U.S. Highway 40 two miles (3.2 km) west of Granby.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Grand		0.000	0.000	US 40 – Granby, Hot Sulphur Springs	Southern terminus
Jackson		52.020	83.718	SH 14 – Steamboat Springs	South end of SH 14 overlap
	Walden	53.288	85.759	SH 14 (Sixth Street)	North end of SH 14 overlap
		66.558	107.115	SH 127 north – Laramie	Southern terminus of SH 127
		75.406	121.354	WYO 230 – Saratoga	Continuation beyond Wyoming state line; Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus