Where Colfax ends in Arapahoe County
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One day many years ago, Jule Nygaard took a break from her cashier job at Jun's Liquor in Strasburg, stepped outside and looked up at the street sign outside the door.
- "I work on Colfax Avenue?" she thought.
Across the Denver metro, America's longest continuous commercial street is woven into the DNA — an often-weird mix of scorn, ridicule and pride.
- Out here — where Colfax serves as the Arapahoe County-Adams County border — it's simply the no-stoplight main street through town.
Why it matters: Colorado's most talked-about road peters out with a whimper.
About a mile east of Strasburg — beyond the liquor store, gas station, post office, bank, salon and the just-closed Western Hardware (enjoy retirement, Al!) — Colfax simply ... ends.
What Robert's seeing: There's no marker celebrating the moment. In fact, there isn't even a Colfax street sign.
- For a storied roadway that's shaped generations of people, its ending is a bit of a bummer.
🤔 Or maybe I've got it wrong and this is really the beginning?
The bottom line: If there's a better metaphor for life, let me know.
