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6. SR-160 Corridor Improvement Plan RTC SR-160 Corridor Study
EXHIBIT 6-11: Railroad Right-of-Way Within SR-160 Corridor
UPRR ROW within SR-160 corridor
After crossing SR-160, the UPRR ROW is within the 200’ wide SR-160 corridor for about 0.2
mile before entering private property just before Buffalo Drive, as can be seen in EXHIBIT
6-11 above. Much of this part of the ROW could be incorporated in the approximately 125-
foot-wide six-lane expansion of SR-160, although the UPRR ROW would remain unaffected if
the highway were constructed toward the south edge of its corridor in this area.
The UPRR ROW then passes through the south end of 16 privately-owned parcels prior to
Durango Drive. The parcels in this area (parcels 4-21) are almost all H-2, with two C-2 and
one R-3. All are owned by trusts, investment firms, or development companies and are
generally one to three acres in size. Many of these parcels have been sold within the last
eighteen months.
No structures appear to have been built on this stretch of the ROW.
Between South Durango Drive and South Fort Apache Road
West of Durango Drive, the UPRR ROW continues to parallel SR-160 for another 0.8 mile, at
which point the railroad alignment turns northwest, away from the highway, where it
becomes unusable for transit. The highway narrows from a six-lane configuration to two
lanes west of Durango, although widening to at least four lanes is expected eventually.
EXHIBIT 6-12: Right-of-Way Between Durango Dr. and Ft. Apache Rd.
The UPRR ROW passes through three parcels in this area, two of which are owned by the
Federal Government. The 1.12 acre parcel (parcel 2), which is privately owned, sold for
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