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e. Bridges. roads and railroads. Throughout the South Platte basin, 108 bridges, including Federal, State and county highway bridges as well as city bridges were destroyed or severely damaged. Nearly every highway and railroad bridge crossing the South Platte River and Plum, Sand and Toll Gate Creeks was damaged or destroyed. Several State bridges and most of the county bridges across Kiowa Creek, Commanche Creek and Cherry Creek also were damaged or destroyed. Although many bridge approaches were washed out on Beaver Creek, Lone Tree Creek, Lodgepole Creek, Pawnee Creek, Crow Creek and the Cache LaPoudre River, only a few bridges were totally destroyed in these drainage basins. Railroad damage throughout the entire area was severe, with numerous bridges damaged or 'destroyed and trackage and ballast washed away. It is estimated that from 700 to 900 miles, of highways, roads and railroads sustained varying degrees of damage. 33. DAMAGE SUMMARIES a. General. Estimates of the damages. caused by the June 1965 floods in the South Platte River basin are summarized in tables 6 through 10. All damage summaries include direct damages and associated economic losses. b. Urban flood damage. Urban flood damages in the categories of residential, commercial and industrial, public utilities, publicly:.... owned facilities, and miscellaneous categories are summarized in table 6. The miscellaneous categories include such items of damages as public and private cleanup, flood fighting, power and telephone facilities, .protection of flooded properties, public relief activities, preservation of public health and prevention of disease outbreaks, and others. c. Rural flood damage. Table 7 summari zes rural flood damages in the categories of farmsteads, livestock, crop and cropland, irrigation structures and equipment, and miscellaneous categories. Miscellaneous categories include damage to rural power and telephone companies, debris removal, fences and equipment lost, pest control and preservation of health. d. Transportation facilities damage. Table 8 summarizes trans- portation facility damage in the categories, of city streets and bridges, State highways and bridges, county roads and bridges, railroads and trucking facilities, and cargo and traffic detours and delays. e. Sub-basin damage summary. Damage in the three major cate- gories, rural, urban and transportation by sub-basins within the South Platte River basin, is summarized in table 9. f. June 1965 flood damage summary. All physical and associated economic damages which resulted from the 14-18 June 1965 flood in the 25