Location: 1st Ave and Broadway St, Monte Vista
Reassurance shield as 285 joins US-160
Location: 1st Ave and Jefferson St, Monte Vista
Reassurance shield a couple blocks later
Location: Park Ave and Madison St, Monte Vista
Reassurance shield about a block and a half after that as the road curves slightly southeast
Location: Grand Ave and Euclid St, Monte Vista
Reassurance shield a few blocks after that as the road bends southeasterly again
Location: Grand Ave and Franklin St, Monte Vista
Reassurance shield two blocks later. You can’t say 160/285 is poorly signed in Monte Vista, that’s for sure.
Location: Grand Ave and CR 1E, Monte Vista
Junction County Road 1E as we finally start to head out of town
Location: US-160 and CR 1E, Rio Grande Cty
Reassurance shield as we head out of Monte Vista
Location: US-160 and CR 38, Rio Grande Cty
Junction CR 38 coming up. I have been driving highways and photographing the signs since January 2007, and it took me until June 2012 to get a picture of my first road numbered 38. Ironically, I lived along Illinois Route 38 for eight years, from 1989 to 1997.
Location: US-160 and CR 2E, Rio Grande Cty
A mile or so later, turn right for CR 2E
Location: US-160 and CR 3E, Rio Grande Cty
Turn right or left for CR 3E, which connects to CR 1S on both sides.
Location: US-160 and CR 3E, Rio Grande Cty
Reassurance shield after the 3E junction
Location: US-160 and CR 4E, Rio Grande Cty
Turn right and left for CR 4E
Location: US-160 and CR 2S, Rio Grande Cty
Turn left for CR 2S
Location: US-160 and CR 5E, Rio Grande Cty
Turn right for CR 5E
Location: US-160 and CR 6E, Rio Grande Cty
Turn right and left for CR 6E. Rio Grande County loves its county road signs. Just after this junction, we’ll cross into Alamosa County
Location: US-160 and Rio Grande CR 6E, Alamosa Cty
Reassurance shield as we cross into Alamosa County
Location: US-160 and CR 103S, Alamosa Cty
Alamosa County likes its shields too. Turn right or left for CR 103S
Location: US-160 and CR 103S, Alamosa Cty
Reassurance shield after CR 103S
Location: US-160 and CR 104S, Alamosa Cty
Turn right and left for CR 104S
Location: US-160 and CR 105S, Alamosa Cty
Same deal for CR 105S. Only 228 miles to Kansas.
Location: US-160 and CR 106S, Alamosa Cty
You know the drill.
Location: Main St and Clark St, Alamosa
Shortly thereafter, we’ll enter Alamosa, which is the largest city in this valley that we’ve been driving through since Southfork.
Location: Main St and Edgemont Blvd, Alamosa
As we cruise along the south side of Adams State University, we’ll approach US-285
Location: Main St and West Ave, Alamosa
Turn right up here for US-285 south and unmarked SH-17
Location: Main St and West Ave, Alamosa
Follow 160 east and SH-17 north to Fort Garland. Take US-285 and SH-17 south to Antonito
Location: Main St and West St, Alamosa
Right for 285/17 south. Straight for 160 “to” SH-17. The routes technically concur, but Colorado hates signing US-State route concurrencies. 17 and 160 will concur just to the east side of town.
N to CO-112, S to CO-370
N to US-160, S to CO-370
N to CO-112, S to US-160/CO-17
S to CO-370
