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Photographer: Wyndfire
Taken: August 1, 2015
Caption: The Historic Green Bridge Marker
Additional Description: Rural Transportation in New Mexico Agriculture is heavily dependent on having good transportation networks. With a good road, a producer carried a larger load and made fewer trips hauling his goods to town. Without one, he often had to move (and sell) his crops when the road was passable or the river low enough to cross - not always when he could get the best price for his crop. Prior to the 1920s most rural roads and bridges were built and maintained at the expense of community and county governments. Much of the work was done by residents living near a road - often rural farmers and ranchers. The improvement of rural roads and the building of sturdy steel bridges like this one, along with the establishment of highway departments and a federal road network, marked a major step forward for many rural agricultural communities in the early 20th century. (Text is repeated in Spanish on the second half of the plaque.)
Submitted: October 17, 2015, by Jennifer W. of Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Database Locator Identification Number: p333982
File Size: 5.391 Megabytes

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