Colorado State Highway 121

Lockheed Martin Space Systems near Roxborough Park
Lockheed Martin Space Systems near Roxborough Park
	SH 470 near Lakewood; US 285 in Lakewood; US 6 in Lakewood; I-70 BL in Lakewood; I-70 / I-76 in Arvada; US 36 in Broomfield;
North end	US 287 in Broomfield
Location
Country	Denver, Broomfield
Highway system
	Colorado State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

State Highway 121 (SH 121) is a 30.425 mile (48.96 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. SH 121's southern terminus is at Waterton Road near Littleton, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 287 (US 287) in Broomfield.

Route description

The route, also known as Wadsworth Boulevard, Wadsworth Bypass, and Wadsworth Parkway, starts at a junction with Waterton Road in unincorporated

trumpet interchange. State Highway 121 passes through portions of southwest Denver County

.

History

Hackberry Hill at the site where a landmark hackberry tree, for which the hill was named, stood before it was cut down to make room for the highway in 1937. ^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lockheed Martin Space Systems entrance	Southern terminus
Lockheed Martin Space Systems entrance		4.41	7.10	SH 470 (C-470)	Interchange; SH 470 exit 13
Denver	No major junctions
Jefferson	Lakewood	7.49	12.05	US 285 (Hampden Avenue)	Interchange
		9.06	14.58	SH 8 west (Morrison Road)	Eastern terminus of SH-8
		12.44	20.02	US 6 (Sixth Avenue)	Interchange
		13.59	21.87	I-70 BL (Colfax Avenue )
	Denver, Fort Morgan, Grand Junction	I-76 exit 1A; I-70 exit 269A
City and County of Broomfield		25.82	41.55	SH 128 (Interlocken Loop)
		26.02	41.88	Denver, Boulder	Interchange
		26.42	42.52	US 287	Interchange; northern terminus; road continues north as US 287
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

^ "Segment list for SH 121". Retrieved 2007-05-12.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Jefferson County, Colorado Place Names Directory". Retrieved 2012-03-23.

External links

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[dot-1] "Segment list for SH 121". Retrieved 2007-05-12.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Jefferson County, Colorado Place Names Directory". Retrieved 2012-03-23.

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