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The County "cat" being used by an unidentified man to build the road to Holy Cross City. He is moving timber and rocks to open the roadway. There are two dates listed, 1939 and 1940 Verso: "Holy Cross City Road 1940, County cat working at army log road;" on duplicate photo: "Say a 'cat' can't do it" "County cat building road to Holy Cross City 1939"
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Blasting overhanging rock during road construction in Glenwood Canyon (1936-1937). Snow on canyon sides. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A photo postcard of Henry Owens, standing, and Lemley Gates at the top of the mesa when building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. The men are clearing rock and debris after the road skid has passed.
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1921: Explosion during the blasting while constructing the road near Gilman, Colorado. Steam shovel in right mid-ground with explosion at the left. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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view of road repair/construction on Hwy 6 just west of Eagle, Colorado. Men are examining the work area; automobiles are parked alongside the road. Steam shovel, dump truck and grader are moving earth.
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Heavy equipment on a slope of Battle Mountain during road construction (1939-1940). Man and dog are walking in right foreground; graders and tractors moving dirt. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting rock during the construction of highway through Glenwood Canyon. The Colorado River is at the right; there is snow on the hills in the background. Large rocks in foreground with debris from the blast rising in the air in center midground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting in Glenwood Canyon during road construction, 1936-37. Snow present on canyon sides. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking down on the Sherwood bridge from the Sherwood quarry drum. Hwy 6 is at the top, the Eagle River is flowing under the Sherwood bridge and I-70 is at the bottom. At the turn of the century, major routes in the Colorado mountains were steep, rocky grades, little more than wagon tracks. By 1910, cars were becoming more prominent but Colorado roads were in terrible condition. That year, the State Highway Commission established Highway 10 from...
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Unidentified man standing next to the road being constructed to Holy Cross City. The County "cat" is leveling the roadbed. Verso: "Don't know the man but cat working building Army log road"
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Construction of the Hanging Lake rest area in Glenwood Canyon, part of the I-70 construction project. This photo was taken on June 27, 1994. The project completed Interstate 70's final, 12.5-mile gap in the transcontinental highway reaching from Baltimore, Maryland, to Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City. "Lawsuits, environmental impact studies, and design changes took nearly two decades to resolve before the first shovelful of earth was turned...
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Graders and tractors creating roads on the steep sides of Battle Mountain, Colorado. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Road Construction in Glenwood Canyon, 1936-1937. C. A. Switzer involved in the construction (Denver bridge builder who built the Dotsero and Eagle Bridges). Man in crane bucket with vehicles parked around the crane. Woman in midground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The County "cat" being used by an unidentified man to build the road to Holy Cross City. Another man is seated on the cat, as well. The angle of the terrain is impressively visible. Two dates: 1939 and 1940.
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Dump truck waiting for another bucket of dirt and rocks during repairs on Highway 6, just west of Brush Creek/Eagle.
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
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Building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. Workers with skids and horse teams at right, waiting for the detonation to clear at left.
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The County "cat" being used by an unidentified man to build the road to Holy Cross City. Verso: "Building the road to Holy Cross City"
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Looking down on the Red Cliff Bridge as the roadbed is being constructed. Lower road into Red Cliff is visible at lower right. Lover's Leap formation is on the left. [Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 11]
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A steam shovel is moving earth during the early stages of routing U.S. Highway 24 and the Red Cliff bridge so that they bypassed Red Cliff. The construction involved difficult engineering feats in a harsh climate.