Bridge over Arkansas River
Appearance
Bridge over Arkansas River | |
Bridge in 2016; the river is far below central truss of the bridge | |
Nearest city | Buena Vista, Colorado |
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Coordinates | 38°48′49″N 106°06′12″W / 38.81361°N 106.10333°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1937 |
Built by | M.E. Carlson |
Architect | Colorado Department of Highways |
Architectural style | Pratt Deck Truss |
MPS | Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85000190[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 4, 1985 |
The Bridge over Arkansas River in Johnson Village, Colorado, near Buena Vista, is a Pratt deck truss bridge built in 1937.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
It is a "visually impressive" 353-foot-long (108 m) bridge, carrying a 30-foot (9.1 m) roadway on a skewed line high over the Arkansas River. It was designed by the Colorado Department of Highways and was built by contractor M.E. Carlson.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Hwy_24_bridge_over_Arkansas_River.jpg/220px-Hwy_24_bridge_over_Arkansas_River.jpg)
The bridge carries U.S. Highway 24 over the Arkansas River. Its Pratt truss span is 125 feet (38 m) long.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Clayton Fraser; Carl Hallberg (February 15, 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Bridge over Arkansas River". National Park Service. Retrieved April 4, 2021. With accompanying photo from 1983
External links
[edit]Media related to Bridge over Arkansas River (Johnson Village, Colorado) at Wikimedia Commons