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Maroon Creek Bridge

 * ... that the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad beat the Colorado Midland to Aspen because the steel for the Maroon Creek Bridge (pictured) was delayed?
 * ALT1:... that the Maroon Creek Bridge (pictured) is the only significant remnant of two rail lines that once served Aspen, Colorado?
 * ALT2:... that the Maroon Creek Bridge (pictured), built in 1888 to bring the railroad to Aspen, Colorado and later converted into a road bridge, may be reused for light rail?
 * Reviewed: Pierre Perrault (1608–1680)

Created/expanded by Daniel Case (talk). Self nom at 18:56, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg What is essentially two uncited paragraphs in the 1946–2003: Resort growth and stresses section are holding this nomination back. Prefer ALT1; the original is unclear and the alt is less than hooky. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've added sources for those grafs. I suppose if we added the fact that the Midland had more or less gotten to the creek before the Rio Grande had even started building to the first hook, it would work, but I don't know how we make that fit the character limit. Daniel Case (talk) 16:40, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 and AL2 only. I can't think of a way to word the original in a both interesting and succinct manner. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:22, 28 September 2011 (UTC)