Cottonwood Creek Bridge

Map

Build date comes from ATSF Bridge Records at the Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Cottonwood Creek on Vincent Drive
Location: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1901
Railroad: - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 24.0 ft.
Total length: 48.0 ft.
Deck width: 86.9 ft.
Also called: ATSF - Cottonwood Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.92861, -104.80968 (decimal degrees)
38°55'43" N, 104°48'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/516496/4308871 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pikeview
Average daily traffic (as of 2012): 500
Inventory numbers: CO CSG-H.07-15.11 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 71298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2012): Overall condition: Good
Sufficiency rating: 100 (out of 100)
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August 31, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected information from ATSF Bridge Records
March 11, 2016: Added by J.P.

Posted March 11, 2016, by Luke

Nice find, J.P.!

Cottonwood Creek Bridge

Posted March 11, 2016, by J.P. (wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com)

1887 railroad bridge rehabbed and used to bypass a 1924 bridge.....