View of the Eagle River Bridge (1940), also known as the Red Cliff Bridge, in Eagle County, Colorado. This green steel arch bridge carries U.S. Highway 24 high over the Eagle River, Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and Turkey Creek Road. The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Description
1 slide : color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Eagle County.
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Type of Material
Color slides.; Slides.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Eagle River (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Eagle County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bridges.; Arch bridges--Colorado--Eagle River--Pictorial works.; Historic sites--Colorado--Eagle County--Pictorial works.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--Pictorial works.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--Pictorial works.; Eagle River (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Eagle County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2011.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Nicholas Wharton.; From inventory: "The approximate length of the bridge is 470 feet with nearly 318 of that length being free standing. In 2004 the bridge went through intensive restoration to repair 64 years of deterioration."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
