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1) State Bridge
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By June of 1946 when this picture was taken, the bridge's "age was beginning to show and some weak places had developed and there was talk of condemnation, it being unsafe for heavy loads. So it was no great surprise to anyone when truck driver Jim Jardy hauling a heavy bulldozer mounted on a low boy found one of those weak places and dropped through. Jardy and Bernard Ginther, operator of the bulldozer, were extremely thankful that they did not go...
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"Twice, during its useful years, sections of the bridge collapsed, once in 1929 and again in June of 1946 when this picture was taken. By then its age was beginning to show and some weak places had developed and there was talk of condemnation, it being unsafe for heavy loads. So it was no great surprise to anyone when truck driver Jim Jardy hauling a heavy bulldozer mounted on a low boy found one of those weak places and dropped through. Jardy and...
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First bridge over the Colorado River (then the Grand River) at Dotsero. The bridge was probably built by Mr. Yost or Mr. Stewart.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"The Catamount Bridge, looking east, showing the river, river road and railroad with Yarmony Mountain in the right background.
The bridge, built in 1909 stood up well until 1951 when a loaded soft drink truck found a weak place and broke through. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the bridge was out about ten days." -- McCoy Memoirs p.18
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Old State Bridge structure in July of 1983, taken from State Highway 131 (south of the bridge). The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this photo was taken. The State Bridge Lodge is in the background.
6) State Bridge
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Looking across State Bridge from the north side of the Colorado River.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Caption: "Dotsero Bridge Over Grand River." The bridge at Dotsero crossing the now-called Colorado River.
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The bridge over the Colorado River at the future site of Burns, Colorado (where the woodpile is on the river bank behind the bridge). The Derby Mesa Road is visible at the right, going up the hill.
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"The Pioneer bridge across the Grand River [Colorado River] five miles above State Bridge was built by Doug Wilmont, John Winslow, Gus Hoyt and Tim Mugrage in 1900. Most of the material used in its construction was round timbers. In 1914, Eagle County built the Yarmony Bridge a little further downstream." -- McCoy Memoirs p.315
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Brooks Bridge
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"The Brooks Bridge, built by the railroad company during construction of the Dotsero Cutoff, replaced an earlier one near the same site. It is now in a sad state or repair and unsafe for other than light traffic. Adjacent to the north end of it is the railroad track and it was here that Leonard Horn had the misfortune to be caught by a train while driving cattle across the bridge, resulting in the loss of several head that were struck by the train."...
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The construction camp near Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon for the Shoshone Dam and Tunnel. Bridge in left background; Colorado River in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
12) State Bridge
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Old State Bridge structure over the Colorado River in July of 1983, taken from the Trough Road east of the Bridge. The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this picture was taken.
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"Looking east from a point two miles south of McCoy, showing the former George Brown Ranch in the foreground and the Kibbler place to the right of the river and the Bailey Mesa on the left. Yarmony Mountain is in the right background." -- McCoy Memoirs p.136
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Bridge over the Colorado River at Blue Hill, Burns, Colorado. Grand River (Colorado) Hill Road visible at right. Bearden's General Store was built after this photo was taken (it will be behind the bridge).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A pedestrian bridge of the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs. A train is visible in the background crossing a railroad bridge
