The University of Colorado at Denver has completed this work funded in part by Grant # MT-2210-04-NC-12 from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training and Grant # 2004-M1-019 from the State Historical Fund of the Colorado Historical Society. Further, the cooperation of the bridge owners is acknowledged: City of Fruita, CO; Bent County, CO; Summit County, CO; Montrose County, CO; and Garfield County, CO. The assistance Val Moser and Don Brown of Campbell Scientific, Inc. is gratefully acknowledged.
In addition to Principal Project Contact Kevin L. Rens and Principal Investigator Frederick R. Rutz, the following University of Colorado at Denver students and others assisted in laboratory and field investigations throughout the project: Mohammad Abu-Hassan, Paul Bountry, Sam Brown, Nick Clough, Jennifer Davis, Kazwan Elias, Aaron Erfman, Helen Frey, Shohreh Hamedian, Paul Jacob, Veronica Jacobson, Chris Kline, Clint Krajnik, Peter Marxhausen, Andy Pultorak, William Swigert, and Jim Van Liere.
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