colorado highway between limon and littleton

tina1bear wrote:
We will be traveling from the east on I70 into Colorado.
At Limon I noticed route 86 heading to Castle Rock & i-25.
What kind of road is 86? It looks like a easier way to go towards Littleton and Avoid Denver. Any Advice??

Depends on when. It's a state highway, so the standards, though not the same as US highways, are similar. It's pretty well travelled, particularly as you get closer to Kiowa and Elizabeth; from those towns west, you'll see more traffic.

If you're coming through any time in the near future, keep an eye on the weather. East/West roads like that can be subject to very windy conditions with blowing/drifting snow during a snowstorm, particularly from the stretch from Limon to Kiowa. CDOT is responsible for plowing, so they will try to keep it open, just depends on the weather.