Current Projects

Animas River Trail North - 32nd Street and Animas River crossing

The proposed connection of the Animas River Trail between Memorial Park and Animas City Park via a grade-separated underpass crossing of E. 32nd Street is scheduled for construction from July 2021 through June 2022.  Following extensive community dialogue in early 2020 and purchase of private property in October 2020, a revised trail alignment has been developed that eliminates multiple pedestrian bridge crossings of E. 32nd Street, the Animas River and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad line.  The trail alignment will pass under E. 32nd Street on the eastern riverbank and connect to Animas City Park via a new pedestrian bridge spanning 170 feet across the Animas River just north/upriver of the Emerson-Parks vehicular bridge and via an at-grade railroad track crossing integrated with the current at-grade track crossing of E.32nd Street.

The completion of the Animas River Trail North Extension will further expand the heavily used amenity within the Animas River corridor in Durango and fully connect Oxbow Park & Preserve to the greater public park network within the Animas River Corridor.  

Staff contacts:

• Scott McClain, Assistant Parks Director  (970) 375-7322

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Animas River Trail to SMART 160 Trail Connection

The multi-use, hard-surface, SMART 160 Trail connection will be the primary community trail corridor between the Three Springs area of Durango and the Animas River Trail within the City of Durango. The final build out of the SMART 160 Trail will provide approximately 2.6 miles of trail.  Progress has been made with development of portions of the trail on the both the western and eastern ends of the connection.  

The preliminary alignment for the remaining portion of trail has been identified in coordination with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and adjacent property owners.  The 1.25 mile long trail segment corridor included in SMART 160 East Trail Connection project will provide public trail connection between a proposed future underpass of Highway 550/160 at the Sale Barn trailhead and the developed trail at the Highway 550/160 overpass bridge structures, linking central Durango to the Three Springs area of the community together.     

All design, bid and construction plans will be completed for the project to be bid for construction in late 2022, following all project permitting requirements.  Construction is anticipated to be initiated in early 2023.