Local history leaders are calling upon the state government to preserve an Idaho landmark.
Groups — including Preservation Idaho, the Historic Bridge Foundation, Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Rivers United, Ada County and Twin Falls County Historic Preservation Commissions and Council Valley Museum — released a statement Friday asking the Idaho Transportation Department to find a way to save the historic Rainbow Bridge.
Located over the Payette River on Idaho 55 about an hour south of McCall, the bridge, which opened in 1933, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places…