Colfax Avenue

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Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado

Namesake	Schuyler Colfax
Length	49.5 mi (79.7 km)[1]
Location
Coordinates	39°44′18″N 104°19′25″W / 39.73837°N 104.32372°W / 39.73837; -104.32372
West end	Heritage Road in Golden
East end	Headlight Road in Strasburg

Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado. As U.S. Highway 40, it was one of two principal highways serving Denver before the Interstate Highway System was constructed. In the local street system, it lies 15 blocks north of the zero meridian (Ellsworth Avenue, one block south of 1st Avenue), and would thus otherwise be known as 15th Avenue. The street was named for former Vice President Schuyler Colfax. At just under 50 miles (80 kilometers) in length, it is known as the "longest continuous commercial street in America".^{[citation needed]}