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II I I 1957 FLOOD I I Longmont Times-Call Thursday, May 9, 1957 I Rain Floods Roads Many and Longmon t Bridges Homes, I The bridge was gone, also at of Hygiene, and the north end of Filter Plant, was cut through by the west side of McCall Lake, the old iron bridge, east of St. Vrain River waters. northwest Longmont I I Rain flooded Longmont in a deluge throughout Wednesday night and in- to the morning hours today, leaving washed out bridges, cut away roads and fills, flooded basements, collapsed ditch fills, and pouring well over four inches of moisture for 18 hours... Victims of worst damage were bridges throughout Boulder County and on over into Weld County to the east. Closed when the St. Vrain continued to cut relentlessly into the approach at its north side Was the bridge on the Hover Road, south of the Third Avenue. By 8 a.m. waters had chewed through the blacktop surface, and was threatening to make the cut across the highway a complete one. The bridge across the St. Vrain on the airport road, just south of Ninth Avenue, appeared to survive the overnight downpour, but about noon as a tree stump caught in midstream and changed the courSe of the water, the north approach began to wash and shortly thereafter the approach be- gan to crumble. More than 12 inches of water threatened to close West Ninth Avenue just beyond the Hover Road. The bridge north of Batchelder School was out, as was the one into Niwot, west of Highway 287. At Crane Hollow, west of Hygiene, the bridge was gone, and the road closed. The South Sunset Drive bridge, over the St. Vrain, also was closed to traffic, with a 20 foot cut across the highway on the south approach. I I I I I I St. Vrain Creek east of Lyons, 1957. I I I I -12-