{{Short description|State highway in Colorado, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=CO |type=CO |route=139 |alternate_name= |map=Colorado State Highway 139 Map.svg |map_notes=Map of western Colorado with SH 139 highlighted in red |length_mi=72.065 |length_round= |length_ref=<ref name="OTIS"/> |established=1964 |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=CO|I|70}} in Loma |junction={{Jct|state=CO|US|6|US|50}} in Loma |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=CO|SH|64}} in Rangely |counties=Mesa, Garfield, Rio Blanco |previous_type=CO |previous_route=136 |next_type=CO |next_route=140 }}
'''State Highway 139''' ('''SH 139''') is a {{convert|72.065|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in western Colorado, United States. SH 139's southern terminus is at Interstate 70 (I-70) in Loma, and the northern terminus is at SH 64 in Rangely.
==Route description== SH 139 begins in the south at exit 15 of I-70 at Loma roughly fifteen miles west of Grand Junction. Just north of I-70 the road intersects U.S. Route 6/US 50. From there the road proceeds northward through very remote, very sparsely populated land to its northern end at SH 64 at Rangely. There are no significant settlements for the road's entire length. Near its midpoint, the road crosses the Book Cliffs at Douglas Pass at an elevation of {{convert|8268|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}.
==History== The route was established in the 1920s, when it began at US 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 I-70. The route was extended back to SH 64 in 1975.<ref name="mesalek">{{cite web|url=http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r120-139.html#139|title=Colorado Routes 120-139|author=Salek, Matthew E.|accessdate=2010-05-29}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|state=CO|length_ref=<ref name="OTIS">{{cite web|url=http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/Otis/HighwayData#/ui/0/2/criteria/139A/0/72.065|title=Online Transportation Information System|publisher=Colorado Department of Transportation|accessdate=2013-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910013513/http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/Otis/HighwayData#/ui/0/2/criteria/139A/0/72.065|archive-date=2012-09-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{COint | county=Mesa | cspan=2 | location=Loma | lspan=2 | mile=0.000 | road={{Jct|state=CO|I|70|city1=Grand Junction|location2=Utah}} | notes=Southern terminus; I-70 exit 15.}} {{COint | mile=1.253 | road={{Jct|state=CO|US|6|US|50|city1=Fruita}} | notes=}} {{Jctco|state=CO|county=Garfield}} {{COint | county=Rio Blanco | location=Rangely | mile=72.065 | road={{Jct|state=CO|SH|64|city1=Rangely|city2=Meeker}} | notes=Northern terminus}} {{Jctbtm}}
==See also== {{portal|Colorado|U.S. Roads}} * List of state highways in Colorado
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{commons category-inline|Colorado State Highway 139}}
139 Category:Transportation in Mesa County, Colorado Category:Transportation in Garfield County, Colorado Category:Transportation in Rio Blanco County, Colorado