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Four Mile Bridge

Chaffee County, Colorado
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Overall View From Country Road 371. View To Southwest

HAER photos taken Jan. 1986 by David Grover

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

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Overview
Lost bedstead truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Location
Chaffee County, Colorado
Status
Replaced by modern bridge
History
Built 1909 by the Pueblo Bridge Co.; replaced 1987
Builder
- Pueblo Bridge Co. of Pueblo, Colorado
Design
Riveted, 3-panel bedstead truss with timber diagonal supports underneath
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 51.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.86596, -106.13871   (decimal degrees)
38°51'57" N, 106°08'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/401210/4302518 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 14 S., R. 78 W., Sec. 5
USGS topographic map
Buena Vista West
Inventory numbers
CO CHA371-01.70 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arkansas River (90)
Bedstead Warren pony truss (76)
Bedstead truss (389)
Built 1909 (475)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
Chaffee County, Colorado (31)
Colorado (408)
HAER documented (784)
Have street view (10,033)
Lost (10,484)
Lost 1987 (60)
Lost during 1980s (440)
 Owned by county (16,526)
Pony truss (13,210)
Pueblo Bridge Co. (17)
Replaced by new bridge (7,210)
Riveted (1,019)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,011)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,907)
Truss (23,609)
Warren pony truss (1,985)
Warren truss (3,956)
Wooden deck (5,416)

Update Log 

  • October 30, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • June 19, 2005: Posted new photos

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