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21. Red Cliff Bridge
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Roadbed construction on the Red Cliff Bridge, silver in color. Lover's Leap is on the right.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 12]
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Road into Red Cliff, prior to the construction of the Red Cliff Bridge on Hwy 24 (prior to 1941).
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Blasting to create a road to the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge. Railroad bridge over the Eagle River visible at right foreground.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 5]
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Red Cliff Bridge on U.S. Highway 24, across the canyon of the Eagle River at Red Cliff, Colorado. Completed on July 28, 1941; dedicated and opened to travel on August 3, 1941. Dimensions: 470 ft. long; 209 ft. high; 30-ft. roadway and two 18-inch curbs. The Red Cliff Bridge was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1985, in recognition of its contribution to the heritage of the state of Colorado
Buildings in background...
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Lover's Leap rock formation as seen from below. Hoist on top of the formation dates it somewhere between 1938 and 1939, just prior to construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 3]
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Looking up from the arch girders to the support beams of the roadbed in the Red Cliff Bridge. One man is at a girder at the far right; another is standing on the arch right below the roadbed at left.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 10]
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Taken from the Beck family's house, the Fleming Lumber framing yard is at midfield with Al Mann working on timbers. There is a shovel on the old road at the top of the photo, working on a road detour.
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Red Cliff friends posed in and on an automobile on a trip to Lime Creek.
L to R: Myra Squires, unknown, Shirley Sanders, Ella Warren, Esther Mae Garner, Hugh Riley, Quinn Beck
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A view of the road leading down into Red Cliff. The town is visible on the right.