Prowers Bridge
|
Prowers Bridge | |
|
The Bridge in 2013. | |
   | |
| Location | County Road 34 |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Prowers, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 38°5′37″N 102°46′3″W / 38.09361°N 102.76750°WCoordinates: 38°5′37″N 102°46′3″W / 38.09361°N 102.76750°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Built by | Pueblo Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Camelback & Pratt Through |
| MPS | Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 85000189[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 1985 |
The Prowers Bridge over the Arkansas River near Prowers, Colorado is a historic bridge that was built in 1902 by the Pueblo Bridge Co.. It includes 3 Camelback truss, 2 Pratt through truss and one Pratt pony truss components. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1][2]
It is the last surviving out of more than 6 multispan bridges built during 1890-1910 that crossed the wide floodplains of the lower Arkansas River.[2]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Clayton Fraser and Carl Hallberg (December 18, 1983). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Prowers Bridge / Bridge over Arkansas River;state survey no.:BE01" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1983
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.