Route information | ||||
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Length | 1,122 mi[citation needed] (1,806 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 40 at Granby, CO | |||
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East end | IL 43 / Historic US 66 at Berwyn, IL | |||
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Country | United States | |||
States | Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois | |||
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U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches an elevation of 12,183 feet (3,713 m), making it one of the highest paved through highways in the United States. The highway's western terminus is Granby, Colorado at US 40. Its eastern terminus is in Berwyn, Illinois at Illinois Route 43 and Historic US 66.
U.S. Route 34 becomes a toll road for a short distance in Colorado, where it passes through Rocky Mountain National Park.