RAWLINS, Wyo.—A new bridge has been built in southern Wyoming with the help of a Colorado county.
Routt County, Colo. contributed $150,000 toward the $400,000 it took to build the new Battle Creek Bridge in Carbon County, Wyo.
The new bridge, which opened last week, is located on County Road 710. The road empties into Colorado and is used by tourists visiting Encampment and Steamboat Springs.
Commissioners in Carbon County praised Routt County for its help, noting that its budget was just as tight as theirs.
The Rawlins Daily Times () reported Wednesday that the old bridge was built in the 1940s and wasn’t rated to support some of the vehicles that used it. Some of the cattle trucks driven across it weighed more than twice its maximum load.
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Information from: Rawlins Daily Times,
