ASPEN, Colo.—Rocks and mud flowing down a small creek that feeds the Fryingpan River knocked an old bridge from its moorings and buried part of Frying Pan Road Monday.
Mud and rock covered the road from a depth of between knee- and waist-high for about the length of a football field, Eagle County sheriff’s deputy James Jessel said.
The bridge used by residents to get to their homes, was described as an old railroad car with its wheels and box removed. It was pushed downstream.
No injuries were reported. No other damage was reported.
Resident Jerry Thomas called the torrent that came down the creek at about 4 a.m. “a massive wall of water.”
By afternoon, a county road crew had cut a temporary road across a meadow that allows the families to bypass the creek crossing.
