{{short description|Highway in Colorado}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=CO |type=CO |route=52 |alternate_name= |map=Colorado State Highway 52 Map.svg |map_notes=Map of northern Colorado with SH 52 highlighted in red |length_mi=111.009 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="dot">{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=052&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true|title=Segment list for SH 52|accessdate=2007-05-12}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |established= |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=CO|SH|119}} near Niwot |junction={{plainlist| *{{Jct|state=CO|US|287}} in rural Boulder County *{{Jct|state=CO|I|25}} near Dacono *{{Jct|state=CO|US|85}} in Fort Lupton *{{jct|state=CO|I|76|US|6}} in Hudson *{{jct|state=CO|US|34}} in Wiggins }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=CO|SH|14}} in Raymer |counties=Boulder, Weld, Morgan |previous_type=US |previous_route=50 |next_type=CO |next_route=53 }} thumb|right|280px|Snowcapped peaks of the Continental divide as seen from SH 52 '''State Highway 52''' ('''SH 52''') is a {{convert|111|mi|km|1|abbr=on}}{{cref|a}} long state highway in northeastern Colorado. The western terminus is at SH 119 near Niwot, and the eastern terminus is at SH 14 in Raymer.
==Route description== thumb|280px|SH 52 looking west towards US 85 in Fort Lupton SH 52 begins near Niwot, running east from its western terminus past US 287 to a diamond interchange with I-25, near the towns of Dacono, Frederick, and Firestone. The highway continues east through interchanges with US 85 in Fort Lupton and I-76 in Hudson. Farther east, the route bends north about {{convert|12|mi|km}} south of Wiggins where it begins its concurrency with I-76, US 6, and US 34 eastward to Fort Morgan where it again turns north and traverses to Raymer, where it ends at SH 14.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=CDOT>Colorado Department of Transportation, [http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=HighwaysMain&MenuType=Highways Highway Data] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008210210/http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=HighwaysMain&MenuType=Highways |date=2007-10-08 }}, accessed December 2007: note that not every interval between mileposts is exactly a mile, explaining why more junctions than expected are at the exact milepost</ref>}} {{COint |county=Boulder|cspan=2 |location=none |mile=0 |road={{jct|state=CO|CO|119|city1=Longmont|city2=Boulder}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{COint |location=none |mile=4.5 |road={{jct|state=CO|US|287|city1=Fort Collins|city2=Denver}} }} {{COint |county=Weld|cspan=4 |location=none |mile=11 |road={{jct|state=CO|I|25|US|87|city1=Fort Collins|city2=Denver}} |notes=Interchange; I-25 exit 235 }} {{COint |location=Fort Lupton |mile=20 |road={{jct|state=CO|US|85|city1=Greeley|city2=Brighton}} |notes=Interchange }} {{COint |location=Hudson |mile=29 |road={{jct|state=CO|I|76|US|6|city1=Denver|city2=Fort Morgan}} |notes=Interchange, I-76 exit 31 }} {{COint |location=none |mile=41.5 |road={{jct|state=CO|SH|79|dir1=south|city1=Bennett}} |notes=Northern terminus of SH 79 }} {{COint |county=Morgan|cspan=5 |location=none |type=concur |mile=72.5 |road={{jct|state=CO|I|76|US|34|US|6|SH|39|dir3=east|dir4=north|city1=Fort Morgan}} |notes=West end of I-76/US 34/US 6 overlap; I-76 exit 66; southern terminus of SH 39 }} {{COint |location=none |type=concur |mile=82 |road={{jct|state=CO|I|76|US|6|dir2=east|city1=Sterling}} |notes=East end of I-76/US 6 overlap; West end of I-76 Bus. overlap; Interchange; I-76 exit 75 }} {{COint |location=Fort Morgan|lspan=3 |type=concur |mile=86 |road={{jct|state=CO|US|34|dir1=east|city1=Akron|name1=Platte Avenue}} |notes=East end of US 34/I-76 Bus. overlap }} {{COint |mile=86.5 |road={{jct|state=CO|SH|144|dir1=west|city1=Log Lane Village|name1=Riverview Avenue}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SH 144 }} {{COint |mile=87 |road={{jct|state=CO|I|76|US|6|city1=Denver|city2=Sterling}} |notes=Interchange; I-76 exit 80 }} {{COint |county=Weld |location=Raymer |mile=111 |road={{jct|state=CO|SH|14|city1=Ault|city2=Sterling}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
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==External links== {{commons category|Colorado State Highway 52}} {{Attached KML}} * [http://www.mesalek.com/colo/r1-100.html Colorado Highways: Routes 1 to 100]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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