Barro is a

ghost town Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...

and

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in Tooele County,

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. It is located along the Central Corridor

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rail line and the

Wendover Cut-off The Wendover Cut-off, also called the Wendover Road or Wendover Route, is a two-lane highway in the western part of Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. Stretching from Wendover to Knolls across the Bonneville Salt Flats, a part of the Grea ...

( Old U.S. Route 40) and south of Interstate 80 in the

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. The '' Metaphor: The Tree of Utah'' artwork is located nearby and is about west of Barro.

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