In September 2013, torrential rains devastated northern Colorado in what has been called a 1,000-year-flood. Under an emergency repair contract, a Skanska joint venture reconstructed a 14-mile stretch of State Highway 7 – not far from Denver – that was badly damaged when an adjacent river crested its banks. Completed a week ahead of schedule in November 2013, here are before and after images of the road reconstruction,

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