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Construction of the D Street suspension bridge was an early priority of the Denver & Rio Grande because so many of its shop workers and yard hands lived on that side of town. The bridge shortened their walk to work.
On May 30, 1904, over a thousand people were milling about downtown Salida for the Memorial Day celebration and 20-30 were on the footbridge, watching the festivities upstream.
Everyone on the bridge leaned on the upstream side of...