Dinosaur Diamond

Dinosaur Diamond yana da   na gani da tarihi na madauki ta hanyar burbushin halittun dinosaur da ke ɗauke da Uinta Basin na jihohin Utah da Colorado na Amurka.  Hanyar ta ƙunshi hanyoyi biyu masu zuwa na ƙasa :

 Tsawon  Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway in Carbon, Dukesne, Emery, da Grand County, Utah ;  kuma
 Tsawon  Dinosaur Diamond National Scenic Byway in Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, da kuma Rio Blanco County, Colorado .  

Babban titin yana samar da madauki mai siffar lu'u -lu'u mai madaidaici a Mowab, Mataimaki, Vernal da Grand Junction .

Sanannen fasali tare da Dinosaur Diamond sun hada da Dinosaur National Monument, Wurin Wuta na Wuta na Ƙasa, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Halitta na Gada na Kasa, Monument na Ƙasa na Colorado, da gandun daji na ƙasa da yawa.

Hanyar Interstate 70 (I-70) a Colorado an samo ta ne daga manyan hanyoyi guda biyu da suka gabata,  Amurka 40 wani yanki ne na asali na tsarin babbar hanyar Amurka da aka ba da izini a cikin 1926. Yankin yanzu a kidaya ya zo ne a cikin 1937 lokacin da aka shimfida hanyar Vail Pass . Hanya ta farko ta hanyar I-70 a Utah ita ce Tsohon Mutanen Espanya Trail, hanyar kasuwanci tsakanin Santa Fe, New Mexico, da Los Angeles, California . Hanyar da aka saba amfani da ita kafin yakin Mexican-American a 1848.

 Bayanin hanya 

 Colorado 
Hanyoyi na Colorado masu zuwa an haɗa su a cikin yankin Colorado na Dinosaur Diamond Scenic and Historic Byway: 

Mafarin gabas na Dinosaur Diamond (DD) yana farawa a Grand Junction, Colorado, akan I-70.  A cikin kusancin Grand Junction akwai White River, Uncompahgre, da Grand Mesa National Forests .  Sauran fitattun abubuwan da ke kusa da su sun haɗa da wurin shakatawa na Powderhorn, da fasalin yanayin ƙasa na Littafin Cliffs da Grand Mesa .
Tafiya kamar  yamma a kan I-70 zai kai ga Fruita, wani karamin gari a cikin ra'ayi na Colorado National Monument,  wanda ke nuna hanyoyi masu yawa na wasan kwaikwayo. Daga cikin hanyoyin, ana iya duba abubuwan jan hankali irin su Littafin Cliffs da Coke Ovens, da ƙera dutsen na musamman kamar Monument na Independence da "Kissing Couple".  Fruita kuma shine gidan Mike the Chicken mara kai, kuma yana shirya bikin shekara-shekara don girmama shi a kowane Mayu. Ana kuma iya ganin wani ɗan ƙaramin mutum-mutumi da aka yi wa Mike a garin. 

A yammacin Fruita, titin ya juya arewa zuwa SH-139, yana tafiya  zuwa gari na gaba na Rangely, da ƙetare Douglas Pass .  Abubuwan jan hankali na kusa sun haɗa da Gidan Tarihi na Rangely Outdoor da Cañon Pintado ("canyon fentin") Tarihi na Gundumar petroglyphs, wanda aka jera a kan National Register of Historic Places .  

Hanyar ta ci gaba  arewa maso yamma akan SH-64, zuwa karamin garin Dinosaur.  Dinosaur na kusa shine "kambin kambi" na DD, Babban abin tunawa na Dinosaur, wanda ya yi iƙirarin shine mafi kyawun Jurassic Period dinosaur quarry a duniya. Gidan tarihin ya haɗa da hanyar tafiya inda baƙi za su iya kallon bangon dutse mai yashi wanda ke da kasusuwan dinosaur sama da 2,000, kuma suna kallon masana burbushin halittu suna cire dutsen yashi don fallasa ƙasusuwan dinosaur burbushin. Masu ziyara kuma za su iya ganin dakin gwaje-gwaje na shirye-shirye inda ake tsaftace burbushin dinosaur da kuma adana su. 

Bayan barin Dinosaur, DD ya ci gaba da yamma akan Amurka 40 kuma ya ketare iyaka zuwa Utah. 

 Utah 
Yankin Utah na Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway yana tafiya tare da waɗannan manyan hanyoyin: 

Tafiya  yamma da Dinosaur, Colorado, Dinosaur Diamond ya ci karo da ƙaramin garin Vernal, Utah. Vernal yana da iyaka da ƙarshen yammacin Dinosaur National Monument; sauran fitattun abubuwan jan hankali da ke kusa sun haɗa da wurin shakatawa na Steinaker, Red Fleet State Park, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, da Ashley National Forest . 

Ci gaba tare da Dinosaur Diamond, US 40 da Amurka 191 ya haɗu a cikin Vernal, yana tafiya yamma don  zuwa birnin Roosevelt . Roosevelt yana gefen Uintah da Ouray Indian Reservation . Tafiya  zuwa yamma shine wurin zama na gundumar Duchesne, wanda ke cikin ajiyar. Kusa da Duchesne akwai Fred Hayes State Park a yunwa  da Kings Peak (mafi girman matsayi a Utah), wanda ke cikin kewayon Dutsen Uinta. Tsaunukan Uinta ɗaya ne daga cikin ƴan tsaunukan tsaunuka a cikin ƙasar Amurka da ke gabas-yamma, kuma sune mafi girman zangon yin hakan. 

Dukesne, Amurka 40 da Amurka 191 ya bambanta, kuma DD ya ci gaba da  kudu tare da Amurka 191 a kan hanyar dutsen da ba a bayyana sunansa ba, ta cikin ƙaramin garin Taimako, kuma zuwa cikin babban birnin Farashin . Yawancin abubuwan jan hankali da ke kewaye da Farashin sun haɗa da Kwalejin Gabas ta Utah Prehistoric Museum,  Manti-La Sal National Forest, Huntington Lake State Park, Scofield State Park,  da Ninemile Canyon wanda ke nuna petroglyphs da yawa.  Har ila yau, kusa da Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, wani tarkon laka na tarihi wanda ya yi iƙirarin shine mafi girman taro na Jurassic dinosaur burbushin halittu a duniya. 

Tafiya  kudu maso gabas tare da Amurka 191, DD ta ci karo da birnin Green River.  Sanannen abubuwan da ke kewaye da kogin Green sun haɗa da San Rafael Swell,  Green River State Park, da Goblin Valley State Park .  Har ila yau, kusa da Crystal Geyser, wani geyser ruwan sanyi mai wuya (amma mutum ya yi) wanda ya haifar da fadada ruwan "soda pop" mai carbonized a ciki.  A cikin kogin Green, Amurka 191 ya haɗu da I-70 na ɗan lokaci kaɗan kuma ya sake komawa, kudu zuwa birnin Mowab,  daga kogin Green.

Kusa da mahadar Amurka 191 da SR-128, birnin Mowab yana da abubuwan jan hankali da yawa na kusa. Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Dead Doki Point State Park,  da Jarida Rock  da Potash Road petroglyphs. 

Barin Mowab, DD ya ci gaba da arewa tare da SR-128 zuwa ƙarshensa tare da I-70 a Cisco. Tafiya gabas tare da I-70, kafin kammala "lu'u-lu'u" baya a Grand Junction, Colorado. 

 Tarihi 
Sashe a cikin Colorado an sanya shi Dinosaur Diamond Scenic da Historic Byway ta Hukumar Kula da Sufuri ta Colorado a cikin 1997. Yankin da ke cikin Utah an sanya shi Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway ta Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Utah a cikin 1998. An amince da babbar hanyar azaman National Scenic Byway a cikin 2002. 

Tilas ne a bi hanyoyin da za a bi don tantancewa, kuma dole ne a riga an sanya su a matsayin hanyar wasan kwaikwayo ta jiha domin a tantance su (Duk da haka, hanyoyin da suka cika dukkan sharudda da bukatu na nadi na kasa amma ba jiha ko nadi na nadi ba za a iya la'akari da nadi na kasa bisa ga shari'a). 

Don yin la'akari da nadi "wani hanya ko babbar hanya dole ne ta dace da aƙalla ɗaya daga cikin kyawawan halaye guda shida masu kyan gani ta hanyar hanya". Halayen na gani ne, na halitta, na tarihi, al'adu, ilmin tarihi, ko na nishaɗi. Dole ne kuma a samar da "tsarin gudanarwa na corridor", tare da sa hannun al'umma, kuma shirin "ya samar da tsare-tsare da inganta abubuwan da ke cikin titin tare da inganta yawon shakatawa da ci gaban tattalin arziki". Mataki na ƙarshe shine lokacin da babbar hanya (ko manyan tituna) ta amince da nadi ta Sakataren Sufuri . 

 Colorado tarihi 
Hanyar I-70 a Colorado an samo ta ne daga manyan hanyoyi guda biyu da suka gabata, Amurka<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwAXE">&nbsp;</span>6 da Amurka<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwAXM">&nbsp;</span>40 . Amurka 40 wani yanki ne na asali na tsarin babbar hanyar Amurka da aka ba da izini a cikin 1926. Yankin yanzu ya ƙidaya US 6 ya zo ne a cikin 1937 lokacin da aka shimfida hanyar Vail Pass . Wani yanki na wannan hanyar kuma an ƙidaya shi Amurka<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwAXk">&nbsp;</span>24 a lokacin. 

A cikin 1920s, SH-139 hanya ce da ba ta inganta ba daga Amurka 6 a Fruita arewa zuwa SH-64 a cikin Rangely. 

 Tarihin Utah 
Hanya ta farko ta wannan yanki na Utah ita ce Tsohon Mutanen Espanya Trail, hanyar kasuwanci tsakanin Santa Fe, New Mexico da Los Angeles, California . Hanyar da aka saba amfani da ita kafin Yaƙin Mexican-Amurka a 1848.  Ko da yake hanyar tana amfani da wata hanya dabam fiye da I-70, dukansu an yi nufin haɗa kudancin California tare da maki gabas gabas. I-70 gabaɗaya yayi daidai da hanyar Tsohuwar Trail na Mutanen Espanya yamma da Crescent Junction. 

Hukumar Hanyar Jihar Utah ta mamaye Amurka 40 daga Kimball Junction zuwa Colorado a cikin 1910 da 1911,  kuma an sanya sunan SR-6 zuwa wannan hanya ta tsakiyar 1920s.  A ƙarshen 1926, Ƙungiyar Jami'an Hanyar Hanya ta Amirka (AASHO) ta sanya sunan Amurka. 40 zuwa wannan hanyar giciye, wanda ya ƙunshi mafi yawan SR-4 da duk SR-6.  (Nadi na SR-6 ya kasance har zuwa 1977 renumbering ; SR-4 ya zama SR-2 a 1962 kuma an kawar da shi don goyon bayan I-80 a 1977.)

Samun shiga tsakanin Mowab da Castle Valley an samo asali ne ta hanyar fakitin da ake kira Matakan Sama. Wannan hanyar, mai suna don gangara mai ban mamaki sama da , an kwatanta shi da kyau, amma yana da wuyar kewayawa.  Ya keɓe daga cibiyoyin yawan jama'a na Utah, wannan yanki ya dogara da Grand Junction da sauran biranen Colorado don duka kayan yau da kullun da kasuwa don samfuran noma.  Mazaunan Mowab sun yunƙura a gina wata hanya a gefen kogi. A shekara ta 1902, an maye gurbin hanyar da hanyar biyan kuɗi, mai suna King's Toll Road, bayan Samuel King. King ya kasance farkon mazaunin wanda kuma ya yi aikin jirgin ruwan da aka yi amfani da shi kafin gina gadar Dewey . Duwatsun da aka rubuta da "Road Toll Road" ana iya samun su a kan titin. Duk da yake hanyar ta inganta tafiye-tafiye, ba a gina shi sama da matakin kogin ba kuma ana yawan ambaliya. 

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