page_title: Colorado State Highway 42
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Colorado State Highway 42 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Colorado State Highway 42 looking west near Louisville, Colorado.
context_page_description: State Highway 42 is a state highway in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It runs south from SH 7 to Louisville and then east to US 287.
context_section_description: SH 42 begins in northwestern Lafayette at a junction with SH 7 (Arapahoe Road) and heads south on 95th Street. 1 mile (1.6 km) later, after crossing Baseline Road, the roadway S-curves to the east to line up with 96th Street, though it keeps the 95th Street name until the Louisville city limits. After bypassing downtown Louisville to the east, SH 42 turns east onto a road that becomes Empire Road upon leaving Louisville. It ends at US 287 south of downtown Lafayette.
caption: Westbound on SH 42 in Louisville
exif: {"Image ExifOffset": "26", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1280", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "960"}