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Image: Little Thompson River Bridge (7940451530)

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Description: I-25 Service Rd., Johnstown vicinity National Register 10/15/2002, 5WL.2985 "Constructed over the Little Thompson River by Gardner Brothers in 1938, the bridge is associated with the development of US Hwy. 87 north of Denver. Subsequently becoming the route for today’s I-25, the highway served as a major north-south route, joining the major population centers along the western edge of Colorado’s high plains. Designed by the Colorado Department of Highways and fabricated by Midwest Steel & Iron Works, the single span rigid connected camelback pony truss runs for 104 feet"--Description from the History Colorado website.
Title: Little Thompson River Bridge (7940451530)
Credit: Little Thompson River Bridge
Author: Jeffrey Beall from Colorado, USA
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