Newspaper Article about Removing a Collapsed Bridge

Newspaper Article about Removing a Collapsed Bridge

This Week in History: 20 years ago, June 8, 2000. To make the river safer. The old Scott's Bridge was picked up and removed from the Arkansas River June 1. The bridge was deteriorating and a hazard for several years and blocked the river in an area known as The Numbers. In order to start the bridge removal, AHRA River Rangers DeAnne Fell and Randy Swayne climb down to the edge of the sagging bridge and lap huge straps underneath to form a basket. River rangers set up upstream and downstream to warn river users and to provide rescue boats. Rocky Mountain Crane used a 110-ton crance in order to remove the century-old bridge. Pieces of the bridge were rotting and falling into the river.

Bridge, Collapse, removal, 2000

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