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A photo postcard of Henry Owens, standing, and Lemley Gates at the top of the mesa when building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. The men are clearing rock and debris after the road skid has passed.
2) Hwy 6, Eagle
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view of road repair/construction on Hwy 6 just west of Eagle, Colorado. Men are examining the work area; automobiles are parked alongside the road. Steam shovel, dump truck and grader are moving earth.
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Looking down on the Sherwood bridge from the Sherwood quarry drum. Hwy 6 is at the top, the Eagle River is flowing under the Sherwood bridge and I-70 is at the bottom.
At the turn of the century, major routes in the Colorado mountains were steep, rocky grades, little more than wagon tracks. By 1910, cars were becoming more prominent but Colorado roads were in terrible condition. That year, the State Highway Commission established Highway 10 from...
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Dump truck waiting for another bucket of dirt and rocks during repairs on Highway 6, just west of Brush Creek/Eagle.
5) Road crew
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
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Building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. Workers with skids and horse teams at right, waiting for the detonation to clear at left.
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Looking down on the Red Cliff Bridge as the roadbed is being constructed. Lower road into Red Cliff is visible at lower right. Lover's Leap formation is on the left.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 11]
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A steam shovel is moving earth during the early stages of routing U.S. Highway 24 and the Red Cliff bridge so that they bypassed Red Cliff. The construction involved difficult engineering feats in a harsh climate.
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Person sitting in the shovel used to build the approach to the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 6]
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Building the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge (Highway 24). Digging equipment at far right midfield in the photo.
[Red Cliff bridge construction photo 4]
11) 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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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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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]
