The text reads, "The famed Million Dollar Highway winds around a precipitous outcropping between Ouray and Silverton Colorado. Travelers over the paved highway marvel at the scenic grandeur and recall the tales of the building of the highway many years ago by Otto Mears."
Scene on the Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550) as it traverses Uncompahgre Gorge between Silverton and Ouray in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado
A view of a highway perched on the edge of a rocky cliff with square cement blocks lined along the edge. A rocky slope with fingers of conifers lies on the other side of the valley.