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DRGW - Glenwood Springs Bridge

Garfield County, Colorado

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DRGW - Glenwood Springs Bridge

looking west D&RGW bridge is far bridge

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #509500

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through and deck truss bridge over Colorado River on D&RGW RR
Location
Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1903; Railroad relocated to south bank west of Glenwood Springs in 1968 for I-70 construction.
Railroad
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
Design
Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.54822, -107.32678   (decimal degrees)
39°32'54" N, 107°19'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/300073/4380202 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 94660 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (623)
Built during 1900s (7,632)
Colorado (744)
Colorado River (57)
Deck truss (1,924)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Garfield County, Colorado (18)
Glenwood Springs, Colorado (3)
Lost (28,445)
Lost 1968 (107)
 Lost during 1960s (928)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
Parker through truss (1,406)
Parker truss (1,801)
Railroad (16,455)
Skewed (5,012)
Through truss (16,759)
Truss (35,432)
Warren deck truss (667)
Warren truss (7,000)

Update Log 

  • December 17, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 9, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 9, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added build date and types

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DRGW - Glenwood Springs Bridge
Posted October 9, 2021, by Luke

Geoff, the deck truss in the foreground was built by Bullen Bridge Co. in 1891 if you wanna make an entry.