Bridge over Arkansas River

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Bridge over Arkansas River
Bridge over Arkansas River (Johnson Village, Colorado).JPG
Bridge in 2016; the river is far below central truss of the bridge
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Nearest city Buena Vista, Colorado
Coordinates 38°48′49″N106°06′12″W / 38.81361°N 106.10333°W / 38.81361; -106.10333
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1937
Built byM.E. Carlson
Architect Colorado Department of Highways
Architectural stylePratt Deck Truss
MPS Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No. 85000190 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 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]

the Pratt truss Hwy 24 bridge over Arkansas River.jpg
the Pratt truss

The bridge carries U.S. Highway 24 over the Arkansas River. Its Pratt truss span is 125 feet (38 m) long. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 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