A group of Army Reserve officers stand at the unfinished end of the Bailey Bridge. Two men can be seen at the other side, standing on the supported part to be connected.
The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, United States Army Reserve based at Fort Carson, Colorado. Local men including Claude Gerard and Dan Koprinikar, Eagle County commissioners at the time, were part of the project. Claude would retire from the Army Reserve. The Bailey Bridge was erected where the current roundabout in Avon, Colorado is today, directing traffic to Beaver Creek.
