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Dotsero Bridge

Eagle County, Colorado
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Overview

Photo taken by Thad Roan of Bridgepix.com

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Description 

CDOT is planning to demolish this bridge starting in October 2012. As mentioned on their FASTER Bridge Enterprise program project list this will take a year to accomplish and at a cost of roughly $11.5 million.

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Colorado River on the I-70 Service Road (Old US 6) at Dotsero
Location
Eagle County, Colorado
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1934-35
Design
Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 275.8 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 2002
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.65008, -107.06312   (decimal degrees)
39°39'00" N, 107°03'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/322990/4390954 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dotsero
Inventory numbers
CDOT F-08-F (Colorado Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 02001155 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11839 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2010)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
160

Categories 

8-panel truss (253)
Built 1935 (1,493)
Built during 1930s (8,797)
Colorado (418)
Colorado River (19)
Doomed (854)
Eagle County, Colorado (14)
Have street view (12,851)
NR-listed (2,384)
Open (29,394)
 Owned by state (10,152)
Parker through truss (968)
Parker truss (1,287)
Riveted (1,077)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,037)
Structurally deficient (16,932)
Through truss (9,577)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,496)
Truss (24,140)
US 6 (71)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2011: Updated by K. A. Erickson: Bridge is doomed
  • April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • June 23, 2005: Posted photos from Thad Roan

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Dotsero Bridge
Posted June 25, 2013, by Roger Deschner (rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com)

Traffic has just been shifted to the new bridge, even though construction work continues, Demolition of the historic truss bridge should commence soon.