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3041 . These facilities, which serve irrigating farmers, will no longer be usable, Bessemer's diversion capability will be relocated by incorporating it in the dam design, The Bureau will operate the facility and make releases of Bessemer's water directly into its ditch. The Hamp-Bell ditch headworks structure was moved to a dif- ferent location below the dam. The relocation did not change the diversion characteristics. Prior to initiation of the first major contract, relocation of existing highway, railroad, utility and telephone facili- ties from the reservoir site was required. . Approximately 16 miles of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (hereafter referred to as D&RGW Railroad) were relo- cated since certain facilities of the railroad were to be inundated by Pueblo Reservoir. In the relocation process an estimated 150 car passing track facility and an extension of the present Hobson siding was completed. The United States acquired rights-of-way for a normal railroad width of loa feet, with additional width for embankment or excavation and easements for disposal of water concentrated as a result of construction of the relocated railroad, The United States prepared detailed plans in accordance with standards of the railroad's existing facilities or such standards considered to be equivalent replacement. The grades and line length to meet existing railroad operating requirements were principal criteria in establishing final alignment of the relocated line. The United States government was responsible for align- ment and construction of the roadbed while the railroad per- formed its own track work, All betterment included in the relocation was paid for by the railroad. Part of State Highway 96 was situated on certain portions of the site required for Pueblo Dam and Reservoir. Relocation of 8.6 miles of State Highway 96 was completed to accommodate construction and use of Pueblo Dam and Reservoir. The State Department of Highways, Division of Highways, State of Colorado was willing to relocate the required segment, and developed an alignment and design based upon its current design standards. The United States acquired land for right-of-way and granted the Division, without warranty of title, a perpetual easement for highway purposes having a minimum width of 150 feet with such additional right-of-way width to contain the road in accordance with current design standards. Contemplating future reclassi- fication of Highway 96 into a four-lane class, the Division paid the United States, as betterment, for th~ additional right-of-way required for a four-lane class h1ghway. . 8