69 Years Ago
The July 19, 1956 Colorado Transcript celebrated the opening of a new Ford Street bridge. Mayor Carpenter spoke briefly, providing the specifications of the new structure and explaining that it was replacing one built half a century earlier. He mentioned that the new bridge had cost $36,000, then added that “the budget for ’56 is shot.”
After the speech, the Mayor cut a golden ribbon, then he and his wife drove a car across the new bridge, followed by the crowd of city and county officials, members of civic groups, and other interested parties.
In 1971, the 2-lane bridge built to 1956 was replaced by a 4-lane bridge. That, in turn was replaced with the current, prettier bridge in the year 2000.
