Colorado State Highway 83

State Highway 83
Map of central Colorado with SH 83 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length	56.5 mi[1] (90.9 km)
Major junctions
South end	SH 21 in North Gate
Major intersections	E-470 in Parker I-225 in Aurora
North end	SH 2 in Denver
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	El Paso, Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver
Highway system
Colorado State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SH 82 → US 84

State Highway 83 (SH 83) is a state highway that is located along the Front Range in the U.S. State of Colorado. Spanning about 56.2 miles (90.4 km) from the SH 21 (Powers Boulevard) interchange in northern Colorado Springs and SH 2 (Colorado Boulevard.) in Denver, the highway follows a south–north route, paralleling Interstate 25 to the east and serving rural areas. Along with I-25, it is one of the only two routes in the Colorado State Highway System that directly connects Denver and Colorado Springs.

The section of SH 83 in Colorado Springs is signed as Interquest Parkway, which begins as a four-lane road. It drops down to two lanes as it exits the Colorado Springs area and is no longer signed as Interquest Pkwy. It remains as a two-lane, rural highway as it runs north out of El Paso County and into Douglas County. The road becomes signed as Parker Road as it enters Franktown and becomes a six-lane expressway heading into Parker and the Denver Metropolitan Area. It then becomes a four-lane road after interchanging Interstate 225 and becomes signed as Leetsdale Drive after crossing Quebec Street before ending at SH 2.