Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.112778,-103.215833
Carries CR 11 over Ft. Lyon Canal
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 62.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Ft. Lyon Canal on CR 11
History: Built ca. 1940
Built: ca. 1940
Location: Bent County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.132778,-103.031944
Carries CR 20 over Ft. Lyon Canal
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 101.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet
Overview: Pony truss bridge over Ft. Lyon Canal on CR 20
History: Built ca. 1930
Built: ca. 1930
Location: Bent County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge in 1994, now closed to all traffic
Location: 38.093642,-102.767473
Carries County Road 34 over Arkansas River
Design: truss/through/camelback
Design Details:
From north to south:
One 5-panel Pratt pony truss, built 1921
Three 9-panel Camelback Pratt through trusses, built 1909
One 6-panel Pratt through truss, built 1902
One 6-panel Pratt through truss, built 1906
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Five-span through truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 34
History: First built as a timber bridge in 1900 by the
Kansas City Bridge Co. Truss spans added by the Pueblo Bridge Co.
in 1902, 1906, 1909, and 1921
Built: 1902
Location: Bent County
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101333
Overview
Photo taken by James Baughn
101334
Northern pony truss
Photo taken by James Baughn
101335
Inside
Photo taken by James Baughn
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Main span
Photo taken by James Baughn
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Camelback trusses
Photo taken by James Baughn
101338
Pony truss sunflowers
Photo taken by James Baughn
101339
Railing and deck
Photo taken by James Baughn
101340
Pinned joint
Photo taken by James Baughn
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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in August 2019
454011
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in August 2019
454012
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in August 2019
454013
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in August 2019
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.082118,-103.219990
Carries Bent Avenue N over Arkansas River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Parker through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Parker through truss bridge over Arkansas River on Bent Avenue N
History: Built 1922; replaced 1974?
Built: 1922
Location: Bent County
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Published Prior to 1923
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Image
Published Prior to 1923
509501
Las Animas Bridge
This MAY be the Las Animas Bridge, cannot find any current references to Morse Colorado
Photo from old postcard
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 38.082540,-103.206966
Carries ATSF over Arkansas River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Arkansas River on ATSF
History: Built 1907, one pony truss relocated to Eudora, KS ca. 1940
Built: 1907
Location: Bent County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 37.792639,-103.173017
Carries SH 101 over Draw
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 31.5 Feet
Span Length: 13.5 Feet
Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Draw on SH 101
History: Built 1933
Built: 1933
Location: Bent County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.114286,-102.803331
Carries US 50 over Graveyard Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 45.3 Feet
Span Length: 42.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Graveyard Creek on US 50
History: Built 1923; rehabilitated 1937
Built: 1923
Location: Bent County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.080993,-103.219831
Carries Bent Avenue over Arkansas River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: (4)7-panel, pinned Pratt through trusses
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Arkansas River on Bent Avenue
History:
Built: ca. 1880's
Location: Bent County
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Las Animas Bridge (Old)
Photo from old postcard
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
