Highway 82 just east of Independence Pass

State Highway 82
Length:	85. 29 mi[1] (137. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 26 km)
North end:	I-70 in Glenwood Springs
Major junctions:	SH 133 near Carbondale
East end:	U.S. Highway 24 near Granite
Colorado State Highways < SH 79 SH 83 >

State Highway 82 is an 85. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand In the US state of Colorado, Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway traversing an east-west route across the center of the state The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado State Highway 133 is a long north-south biway connecting State Highway 82 to the north and State Highway 92 to the south and travels through the towns of Hotchkiss Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. US Route 24, a dual north-south/east-west route is one of the original United States highways of 1926 Granite is an unincorporated town with a US Post Office in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The State highway system in the US State of Colorado is comprised of State Highways (typically abbreviated SH) U State Highway 83 is a state highway that runs form SH 115 interchange in south Colorado Springs to SH 2 at Leetsdale Dr 29 mile (137. 26 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts two of them related to a State government in a country that is divided A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. SH 82 provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Colorado Western Slope, running from Interstate 70 at Glenwood Springs southeast past Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen. The Roaring Fork Valley is a geographical region in western Colorado in the United States. The Western Slope of Colorado refers to a region of the US state of Colorado, incorporating everything in the state west of the Continental Divide In the US state of Colorado, Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway traversing an east-west route across the center of the state The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The Town of Basalt is a Statutory Town located in Eagle and Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United Southeast of Aspen it climbs to 12,095 ft on a 6% grade at Independence Pass (open late May–October) before passing through Twin Lakes and descending to meet U.S. Highway 24 south of Leadville in the Arkansas River valley. Independence Pass (el 3686 m/12095 ft is a high Mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. This article is about unincorporated town of Twin Lakes near Leadville Colorado United States US Route 24, a dual north-south/east-west route is one of the original United States highways of 1926 Leadville is a Statutory City that is the County seat of and the only incorporated municipality in The Arkansas River is a major Tributary of the Mississippi River. At its northwestern end it furnishes the principal vehicle access between most of Colorado and the Aspen/Snowmass resorts. Aspen/Snowmass is an expansive winter resort complex located in Pitkin County in western Colorado in the United States. Recently widened to four-lanes along the 50 mile (80 km) section between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, it is heavily used commuting route for day workers between bedroom communities in the lower valley and the resort community of Aspen. A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood In addition to its termini at Interstate 70 and U. S. 24, at Carbondale it intersects State Highway 133, which furnishes a route over McClure Pass to the North Fork Valley near Paonia. State Highway 133 is a long north-south biway connecting State Highway 82 to the north and State Highway 92 to the south and travels through the towns of Hotchkiss McClure Pass (el 2671 m/8755 ft is a high Mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The North Fork Gunnison River (locally known as the North Fork) is a tributary of the Gunnison River, approximately 25 miles (40 km long in southwestern Colorado The Town of Paonia is a Statutory Town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The highway roughly follows the Roaring Fork River along its entire route, offering scenic views of Mount Sopris in the lower end of the valley. The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 mi (113 km long in west central Colorado in the United States. Mount Sopris is a high twin-summitted mountain peak located at the northwest end of the Elk Mountains in western Colorado in the United States The Roaring Fork Transit Authority provides well-used public transportation along the highway between Glenwood Springs and Aspen.

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