HIGHWAY extends from Den ver, Colo., to Galveston, Tex., about 1,200 m., and also to Brownsville, Tex., about 1,45o miles. For nearly 200 m. of the way, and at an elevation of 5,000 ft., its route is within view of the Rocky mountains. It skirts the eastern base of Pikes Peak, and traverses Raton pass between New Mexico and Colorado, af fording from points in the latter views that extend southward for more than zoo miles. This high way crosses immense agricultural and live stock districts in Texas, and forms the main artery of travel from the Colorado Rocky mountains to the gulf of Mexico.
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Corpus Christi are among the cities situated along its course.