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Photograph caption reads: "While the Colorado Street Bridge today spans a humble waterway, it was a different story in 1913". Photograph dated: Oct. 20, 1983. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed and built in 1913 by the Kansas City (MO)-based firm of J.A.L. Waddell. With a span of 1,486 feet and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, lights, and railings, the bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.