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 * The highest point in Colorado and all the Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert at 14439.6 ft elevation.
 * Although the Rocky Mountains extend from New Mexico to British Columbia, the Rockies' 30 highest major summits all rise in Colorado.
 * The western portal of the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate Highway I-70 is the highest point on the U.S. Interstate Highway System.
 * U.S. Highway 34 on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is the highest U.S. Highway.
 * The Pikes Peak Highway is the highest toll road in the world.
 * Colorado State Highway 105 on the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is the highest paved highway in North America.
 * The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway is the highest railroad in North America.
 * A freedman miner lived for many years in a cabin he built at about 14000 ft elevation on Mount Lincoln.  The cabin is believed to have been the highest permanent residence in North America.
 * The summit elevation of Pikes Peak is 14115.19 ft above sea level.
 * Colorado State Highway 5, the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway, ascends to 14160 ft elevation near the summit of Mount Blue Sky.
 * The summit of Grays Peak at 14278 ft elevation is the highest point on the Continental Divide of North America.