East Mountain Trails & Bikeways Master Plan - Bernalillo County

Table 1. Rights-of-Way on East Mountain Highways
Highway Segment Rights-of-Way Width
NM 14
I-40 to Frost Road
Varies throughout, but usually 130' to 160'. One narrow spot of about 80'
approximately 300' south of Rossiter Estate Road.
NM 14
Middle of the triangle (at intersection with
Crest Highway)
200’
NM 14 San Pedro Grant Line to 3000' south 80'
NM 14
South of Sandoval County Line to San Pedro
Grant Line
200'
NM 536 (Crest
Highway)
NM 14 to Sandoval County Line
132' with 400' "Reserve Strip". Near NM 14 it narrows to 80'.
NM 337 I-40 to 4 miles south
132' or 200' through Forest Land (with 200' "Reserve Strip") and 100' through
private lands.
NM 337
South boundary of Cibola National Forest to
5 miles north
Generally 150' or 200'. Never < 150'. Sometimes > 200'
NM 337 Torrance County Line to 9 miles north Varies: 80', 100', or 120'
NM 217 All 80'
Historic US 66 had 200' of ROW. When I-40 came in the ROW was widened
NM 333 (Old US
Albuquerque to Santa Fe County Line throughout. There is one narrow spot of 94' just west of NM 337 where NM
66)
333 does not follow alignment of old US 66.
Frost Road Right at NM 14 (only info available) 150'
where additional ROW will have to be secured for
dedicated trails or lanes. Fugitive dust control
requirements and trail development funds
represent opportunities to enhance these roads
and traffic functions as trails.
Bernalillo County will have to work with the N.M.
Department of Transportation to identify future
funding sources for ROW acquisition, as well as
to explore County funding through General
Obligation bonds or legislative requests.
Section E. Public Lands & Open
Space
A key component of the plan is to identify
destination open space areas for the trails
system in order to create and maintain an open
space network in the area over the long term.
The East Mountain Area is flanked on the west
by public land owned and managed by the
National Forest . The State Land Office also
owns several sections in the area. Other land
owners include University of New Mexico and
Albuquerque Public Schools, Bernalillo County
and the City of Albuquerque Parks and
Recreation Open Space Division. Figure 11 is a
map of public land ownership in the Project Area.
Descriptions of each of the major open space
areas along with existing and planned trail
facilities are below:
1. The United States Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS)
The majority of recreation opportunities in the
East Mountain Area are located on National
Forest lands managed by the Sandia Ranger
District of the Cibola National Forest. Facilities
along the Sandia Crest Highway, which is a
State, National and Forest Service Scenic
Byway, are the most developed and include
individual and group picnicking facilities,
restrooms, interpretive trails and trailhead
parking. Many of the trails on the east side of the
Sandias access the Sandia Mountain
Wilderness, where mechanized and motorized
use is prohibited. Most trails outside of
designated Wilderness are open to a variety of
uses. Handicap accessible trails are located on
National Forest lands in the form of short
interpretive loop trails at the Tijeras Pueblo site
behind the Sandia Ranger Station, and at Doc
Long and Cienega Picnic Grounds, along the
Sandia Crest Highway.
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