Information: - The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways are highway and backroad routes in the U.S. State of Colorado designated by the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission of the Colorado Department of Transportation for their scenic or historic values. These byways follow existing roads or highways and are signed with a Rocky Mountain Columbine (the Colorado state flower) logo denoting the route. - The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west. - The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT, pronounced See Dot) is the principal department of the Colorado state government that administers state government transportation responsibilities in the state. CDOT is responsible for maintaining 9,144 mile highway system, including 3,429 bridges with over 28 billion vehicle miles of travel per year. CDOT's Mission is "To provide the best multi-modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively moves people, goods, and information." - Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. - State Highway 12 ( SH 12 ) , also known as the Highway of Legends , in the U.S. state of Colorado is a mountainous state highway through the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado . The route travels from La Veta through the mountains to Trinidad . It is included in the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways system and runs through the San Isabel National Forest . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'colorado state highway 12' exhibits the relationship of 'maintained by'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - colorado department of transportation - winnipeg
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