Georgetown Loop
Inscription
Site of the high bridge of the Georgetown Loop. Famed scenic railroad attraction, built in 1883-84 as a branch of the Union Pacific, and later acquired by the Colorado and Southern. Here the railroad track looped over itself. The high bridge being 75 feet above the track beneath. Daily trains bulging with awed excursionists once climbed the loop.
It was abandoned and the high trestle dismantled in 1939
Location
AddressNorth Central
CityNorth Central
CountyClear Creek
StateColorado
Coordinates39.701881, -105.705271
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