Devil’s Gate High Bridge and Georgetown Loop, Colorado

The Devil’s Gate High Bridge was built in 1884, over the Clear Creek gorge, in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. It is a narrow gauge railroad, used to access the mines and towns located along this corridor, until it was abandoned around 1938. A segment of the old line, including the bridge, was rebuilt and reactivated as a tourist railroad in the 1980s, now called the Georgetown Loop Railroad. It is located next to Interstate 70, and a steam train runs up and down the three miles of track, with an elevation change of 640 feet, three to five times a day during the summer season.