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Show Utah's largest steel bridge now underway Crews from U. S. Steel's American Bridge Division Monday Mon-day began erecting some two-million two-million pounds of , structural steel for the Cart Creek Bridge ''the longest single span ever built in Utah," according to C. Taylor Burton, director, State Department of Highways. High-ways. Scheduled for completion this winter, the 550-ft. steel-arch bridge will span Cart Creek Canyon on State Road 206 near the Flaming Gorge Dam site in Daggett County. Erection of first steel Monday Mon-day started construction of the bridge's steel supporting arches ar-ches that will curve like twin rainbows across the scenic 200-foot 200-foot deep canyon. Midway between be-tween the abutments, these graceful steel ribs will arch up to their highest point some 90 feet above the future bridge deck. |