Mesa Verde National Park Main Entrance Road, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO

Significance: The main entrance road largely evolved from the earliest surveyed wagon route into the park (1907-1908) into a standard roadway as a result of NPS-BPR aesthetic and engineering collaboration. CCC contributions assisted in preserving the landscape qualities so that the road was built to lie "lightly on the land."

Survey number: HAER CO-79

Building/structure dates: 1906- 1926 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1927-1934 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1955-1956 Subsequent Work

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