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DSNG - Animas River Bridge

La Plata County, Colorado

Photos 

Photo taken by teofilo

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #248671

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Animas River on Railroad
Location
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (DSNG)
Design
Pratt through truss with a wood pony truss and pony plate girder approaches
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.28027, -107.87579   (decimal degrees)
37°16'49" N, 107°52'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/245037/4129841 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Durango West
Inventory number
BH 55542 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Animas River (20)
Colorado (749)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (5)
Durango, Colorado (6)
Girder (11,343)
Have street view (29,842)
La Plata County, Colorado (21)
Open (41,198)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
 Pin-connected (5,029)
Plate girder (8,874)
Pony truss (17,219)
Pratt through truss (6,223)
Pratt truss (10,528)
Railroad (16,665)
Through girder (4,268)
Through truss (17,786)
Truss (36,679)

Update Log 

  • March 8, 2022: Photo imported by Dave King
  • November 5, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 26, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • November 10, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • February 12, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs

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