A crane places one of four 100-foot deck girders between piers 1 and 2 of the Santa Fe’s new bridge over the Colorado River at Needles, Calif. The double-track bridge opened in 1944 to replace a single-track span from 1890.
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Closing the gap on the Santa Fe
By Angela Cotey | March 24, 2023
| Last updated on August 7, 2025
