South Canon Bridge

South Canon Bridge
South Canon Bridge
Coordinates	39°33′41.76″N 107°24′25.2″W / 39.5616000°N 107.407000°W
Carries	Foot traffic
Crosses	Colorado River
Locale	Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
History
Construction end	1915
Location

The South Canon Bridge is a truss footbridge spanning the Colorado River near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It was built in 1915 by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference number 85000212) in 1985.^[1]

It was built during 1914-15 and has a Pennsylvania truss design, with 10 panels. It was built by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company for $9430. It is 190 feet (58 m) long. It brought County Road 134 over the Colorado River about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west of Glenwood Springs^[2]

It is now closed to vehicular traffic and used as a pedestrian bridge.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "HABS/HAER Inventory: South Canon Bridge / Bridge over Colorado River;state survey no.:GA05". National Park Service. Retrieved September 2, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1983

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[nrhpdoc-2] "HABS/HAER Inventory: South Canon Bridge / Bridge over Colorado River;state survey no.:GA05". National Park Service. Retrieved September 2, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1983

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