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• CHAPTER II: PROPOSED HIGHWAY PROJECT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS <br /> Descrip tion of Proposed Highwa y Improvement <br />The proposed highway project provides for new construction and/or <br />improvement of sections of State Highway 133 in the valley of the North Fork <br />of the Gunnison between hotchkiss in Delta County and Paonia Dam in Gunnison <br />County. State Highway 133 is part of the principal east and west route <br />joining the Delta-Hotchkiss area of the !Jestern Slope to Carbondale in the <br />Roaring Fork Valley by way of the Crystal River. This route location project <br />is identified as Project RS-0133(5). <br />This project will be approximately 26 miles in length from a point <br />immediately west of Hotchkiss to the intersection of Kebler Pass Road with <br />• State Highway 133 just west of Paonia Dam. The project will be constructed <br />to Rural Secondary Standards with two 12 foot lanes and two 8 foot shoulders <br />as shown in FigurE~ II-1, "Typical Cross Section". The basic right-of-way <br />width will be 100 feet with some widening at intersections if necessary. The <br />right-of-way may be narrowed down to 80 feet in short stretches where conflicts <br />with the irrigation canal, the railroad and the river exist. Due to develop- <br />ment and narrowness of the valley, this will be the maximum right-of-way <br />available in some locations. The existing width of right-of-way from Hotchkiss <br />to Terror Creek is 100 feet. This Department will purchase a 200 foot wide <br />right-of-way in the Hotchkiss area for the eventual construction of a 4-lane <br />bypass, when warranted. Also, a 100 foot right-of-way will be purchased <br />between Terror Creek and Paonia Reservoir. No new right-of-way will be <br />acquired in Somerset from 14iles 18.0 to 18.6. In Section II, there is a <br />• possibility of interference from steep crass slopes. If these areas are <br />