Re: Cumbres Pass before the road was paved.
| March 29, 2020 05:59PM |
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Colorado referred to the road over Cumbres Pass as a State Highway as far back as at least 1919, when the route was through Osier, and not over La Manga. I don't how New Mexico labeled its portion of the route.
Below is a scan from the 1919 Colorado State Highway map I found online. The highway is the double line, while the RR is a single line.
There's a recent version of this map of Colorado Highways from the same period hanging in the Chama depot.
Steve
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Below is a scan from the 1919 Colorado State Highway map I found online. The highway is the double line, while the RR is a single line.
There's a recent version of this map of Colorado Highways from the same period hanging in the Chama depot.
Steve
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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2020 09:08PM by Steve Forney.
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