U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Central
Federal Lands

Central Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Ricardo Suarez
720-963-3448
ricardo.suarez@fhwa.
dot.gov
www.cflhd.gov

September 2007
See FLH website for sources

Fact Sheet

Colorado FLHP

CO FLHP road miles: 3,091 Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $238,850,000 Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 37.2%* CO population: 4,753,377
National Park Service (15 units) U.S. Forest Service (13) Bureau of Indian Affairs/Tribal Governments (2) Fish and Wildlife Service (7) This percentage includes Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

Photo of Guanella Pass Road The Federal Lands Highway Program in Colorado. The Federal Lands Highway Program in Colorado. Guanella Pass Road, also known as Forest Highway 80, is a 23.5-mile route that traverses the Pike and Arapaho National Forests at elevations of over 10,000 feet. It is designated by the State of Colorado as a Scenic and Historic Byway. Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) began working on Guanella Pass in the 1980s in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Department of Transportation, Clear Creek County, Park County, and theTown of Georgetown.

Through more than 11 years of environmental and engineering analysis, reconnaissance and scoping reports, numerous public meetings, and one-on-one consultations with major stakeholders, CFLHD developed six alternatives for the road, including no-build option.The alternative selected best balanced the transportation and maintenance needs with public concerns and the sensitive nature of the environment. Work began in 2003 with $20 million in Forest Highway Program funds for a 9-mile project. A new bridge was constructed in Georgetown to minimize construction traffic impacts on local traffic and businesses. The Federal Highway Administrator characterized this project as an ideal example of context-sensitive solution to provide safe, efficient transportation system sensitive to the human and natural environment.

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