Photos Courtesy of the Office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall
Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
The rebuilt Catwalk received visitors on Saturday
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
Greenery graces the park
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
The original bolts remain from when the flooding Whitewater Creek ripped the Catwalk loose.
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
Two boys try out the new Catwalk.
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
Did this dog get to go for a swim?
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
The whole family gets to visit the Catwalk
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Catwalk National Recreation Area reopens 052816
Canyon, Catwalk and a calmer Whitewater Creek.
The Catwalk, near Glenwood NM, reopened on Saturday, May 28, 2016, to the public after a $4.6 million design build federally funded project to reconstruct the historic metal catwalk used by miners in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century to pull ore out of nearby mines. A water pipeline also provided water to mining operations at the mouth of the canyon.
The most recent Catwalk, which hung from the walls of the canyon, had been built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
Th Catwalk was ripped from its moorings in strong floods in 2014, after being damaged by flooding in previous years.
The current reconstruction was completed by AUI Inc., with help from Bohannon Huston Inc.