U.S. Route 138, commissioned in 1926, is an east–west U.S. Highway in Colorado and Nebraska that runs predominantly northeast to southwest paralleling the South Platte River and Interstate 76. Like all spurs of the former U.S. Route 66 and U.S. Route 99, U.S. Route 138 is an orphan route. U.S. Route 38 was commissioned in 1926, but U.S. Route 6 was extended over it to Long Beach, California (but was truncated to Bishop in 1964). Therefore, U.S. 138 still meets its former parent route.
U.S. 138 begins in Sterling at U.S. 6 and Business Loop 76. It goes northeast and intersects Colorado State Highway 113 southwest of Iliff. It becomes more easterly as it goes through Iliff, Proctor and Crook, where it intersects Colorado State Highway 55. It continues on to Sedgwick, where it meets Colorado State Highway 59. After passing through Ovid, it then meets U.S. Highway 385 west of Julesburg, and they overlap into Julesburg. Also in Julesburg, U.S. 138 intersects Colorado State Highway 11. U.S. 138 then leaves Julesburg going northeast and enters Nebraska.
Callin' all the stars to fall
And catch the silver sunlight in your hands
Come for me and set me free
Lift me up and take me where I stand
She believes in everything
And everyone, and you and yours and mine
I waited for a thousand years
For you to come and blow me out my mind
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven help you catch me if I fall
She's the queen of all I've seen
And every song and city far and near
Heaven-hell my mademoiselle
She ring the bell for all the world to hear
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven'll help you catch me if I fall
Hey Lyla, a star's about to fall
So what d'you say Lyla?
The world around us makes me feel so small Lyla
If you can't hear me call then I can't say Lyla
Heaven'll help you catch me when I fall
Hey Lyla