High bridge on the Ouray Stage Line

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High bridge on the Ouray Stage Line

Photo Description

This iconic ca. 1890s photo shows an elaborate log-cribbed bridge built over a deep gulch on the Ouray Stage Line between the mining towns of Ouray and Silverton in southwest Colorado. This was originally known as the "Otto Mears Toll Road" after the man who built the road - which for years was thought to be impossible.

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The Impossible Road: Photos of the Otto Mears Toll Road

Ouray, Colorado

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