Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Appearance
Plum Bush Creek Bridge | |
Location | ![]() |
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Coordinates | 39°44′24″N 103°32′46″W / 39.74000°N 103.54611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Built by | Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Co. |
Architect | Colorado Department of Highways |
Architectural style | Concrete rigid frame |
MPS | Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 02001135[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 2002 |
The Plum Bush Creek Bridge, near Last Chance, Colorado, is a concrete rigid frame bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It brings US 36 across Plum Bush Creek and is located at milepost 138.16 of US 36. It was designed by Colorado Department of Highways and built by Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Co. in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2002.[1][2]
The bridge is significant as a "rare surviving example" of a concrete rigid frame bridge in rural Colorado. It is located in an area of open high plains grasslands.[2]
See also
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Engineering portal
- West Plum Bush Creek Bridge, nearby, also NRHP-listed
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Clay Fraser, of Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (May 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Plum Bush Creek Bridge / CDOT No. F-22-F ; 5WN116". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos
External links
[edit]- More photos of the Plum Bush Creek Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
- Buildings and structures in Washington County, Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Colorado
- U.S. Route 36
- Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
- Concrete bridges in the United States
- Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs
- Western United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Colorado building and structure stubs
- Colorado transportation stubs