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Oblique view

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East end

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Hip joint

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Center joint and guardrail

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Peeking underneath

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Arkansas River at Granite on CR 397 just off US 24
Location
Chaffee County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic with a 15 ton weight limit
History
Built 1911
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 64.9 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.04403, -106.26478   (decimal degrees)
39°02'39" N, 106°15'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/390546/4322423 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Granite
Inventory numbers
CO CHA397-00.03 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11788 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
70

Categories 

5-panel truss (125)
Arkansas River (48)
Built 1911 (371)
Built during 1910s (5,674)
Chaffee County, Colorado (30)
Colorado (348)
NR-eligible (2,768)
One-lane traffic (6,998)
Open (23,111)
Owned by county (14,544)
Pony truss (11,788)
Pratt truss (2,443)
Riveted (381)
Span length 50-75 feet (5,605)
Total length 50-75 feet (5,962)
Truss (19,461)