Scott Lancaster Memorial Bridge

The Scott Lancaster Memorial Bridge is a covered log footbridge and bike bridge spanning Clear Creek just east of Idaho Springs, near the Twin Tunnels on the route toward the I-70 mountain corridor. It was built in the early 1990s by community volunteers to honor Scott Lancaster, an 18-year-old Clear Creek County High School student who was killed by a mountain lion on January 14, 1991, while out on a training run — the first documented fatal mountain lion attack on a human in Colorado's history.

The bridge and the memorial trail leading to it were built with the understanding that they would one day connect into what became the Clear Creek Greenway, a recreational corridor now used by hikers and cyclists throughout the canyon. Built as an A-frame log structure with a covered roofline, the bridge has since become the namesake landmark of the 5.1-mile round-trip Scott Lancaster Memorial Trail. In recent years, the Colorado Department of Transportation has worked with Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, and the Lancaster family on realigning the greenway and relocating the historic bridge along the corridor as part of broader CR 314 safety improvements, ensuring the memorial endures even as the surrounding infrastructure changes.