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Wade Hall

September 25, 2006 04:56PM

The bridge over the Rio Chama was originally located on the Gunnison River east of Delta on the North Fork Branch. That bridge was a three-span trestle. In the 1920's, two of the spans were replaced, and one of the replaced spans went to Chama. I don't recall where the other one went. The Chama bridge's sister span left on the North Fork Branch is still there, and carries 13,000 ton loaded coal trains on a daily basis. I do believe it has been reinforced over the years--but still . . .

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