On the subject of transportation I never quite under stood why CDOT (or whatever it was called back in the day) felt like they had to route the highway OVER the mesa with not one but two steep hills, both high maintenance with a lot of falling rock. It would seem to me that it would have been a lot easier and safer (the final hill into Durango is no joke when its slippery) to just keep it in the valley where weasel skin road is (for those of you are true Durangatangs)
But then there are the Bridges To Nowhere that make great bike ramps and not much more...
Husker Hank
A Durangatang Since 1979