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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2867; <br /> <br />Much of the reservation is accessible only by poor, <br />unimproved roads. In the Mesa Verde part of the reserva- <br />tion, and in much of the Ute Mountain area, remote areas <br /> <br />can be reached only by horse or jeep trails. A north-south <br /> <br />pav8cl road, U. ~~. lliShv"~y 666, serves t.~1C Q.r0.:J., connC?c ting <br /> <br /> <br />it \vith Cortez, Colo., to the north and Shiprock and Gallup, <br /> <br /> <br />N. ~le}:., to the south. TO\vaoc may be reaclled by a paved <br /> <br /> <br />road from this highway. Several graded roads are <br /> <br /> <br />r.lalntalned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and tne Ute <br /> <br />r;lount;:J.in Tr..ihc. <br /> <br />ColurCldo Statc lIish'day No. 40, recently comoleted (1962), <br /> <br /> <br />connects with U. S. High'.vay 666 near Chi'!ll1ey Rock. This <br /> <br /> <br />road gives access to the oil fields, the Four Corners <br /> <br />Monument., \:lncl otl:.8r I1c\'/ly PLlved roads in l\Jc:~\y t-lexico, <br /> <br />Arlzona, and Utah. <br /> <br />'!'he prlllcipal supply center is C:l'."c.<cz, (pcpulation <br /> <br /> <br />6,764, ]960). U.S. Highway 160 connects Cortez with <br /> <br /> <br />Durango, 45 miles to the east, and Monticello, UtiJh, 60 <br /> <br /> <br />miles to the west. Sclleduled airline service is available <br /> <br />1.0 Cortez. Durango is the nearest rail point, being <br /> <br /> <br />served by a narrow-gage line of the Denver and Rio Grande- <br /> <br /> <br />Western Railroad. <br /> <br />:;.~ <br />..... - <br />