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View from northwest |
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View from road on west side |
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East side |
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Deck view |
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Underneath |
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Looking down the truss |
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South abutment |
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Close-up of lower chord joint |
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Upper chord joint |
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Standing on the bridge |
Facts
- Overview
- Closed deck truss bridge over Pomeray Gulch (Chrysolite Creek) on FR 295 southwest of St. Elmo
- Location
- Chaffee County, Colorado
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1881 by the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad
- Design
- Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.67514, -106.36435 (decimal degrees)
38°40'30" N, 106°21'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/381318/4281610 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Saint Elmo
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 03000744 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
CO CHA297-00.40 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11797 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER CO-24 - Denver South Park & Pacific RR Truss Bridge