ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek


ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Sheridan, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°44′35″N 107°7′45″W / 44.74306°N 107.12917°W / 44.74306; -107.12917Coordinates: 44°44′35″N 107°7′45″W / 44.74306°N 107.12917°W / 44.74306; -107.12917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913–1914
Architect	Canton Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Pratt pony truss
MPS	Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
NRHP Reference #	85000435^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 22, 1985

The ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek is a bridge near Sheridan, Wyoming that was built in 1914. It is a Pratt pony truss bridge which was built by the Canton Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The Canton Bridge Company built four steel bridges in Wyoming in 1914; the ECS Bridge is the only one of these surviving in its original location.^[2] It is 50 feet long and 15 feet wide.^[2]^:7

It is one of 171 Wyoming bridges surveyed in a study that led to the nomination of 31 of them for NRHP listing.^[2] The ECS bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.^[1]

Two other Canton Bridge Company bridges in Wyoming are also listed on the NRHP:

EDL Peloux Bridge, Cty. Rd. CN16-40, in or near Buffalo, Wyoming and
EDZ Irigary Bridge, Cty. Rd. CN16-254, in or near Sussex, Wyoming.^[1]

References

1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Clayton B. Fraser (May 24, 1982). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR" (PDF). National Park Service.

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