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Florida River Bridge

La Plata County, Colorado

Photos 

Photo taken by Nathan D. Holmes

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

View this photo at drgw.net

BH Photo #369677

Map 

Description 

According to drgw.net, this bridge originally crossed the Florida River on the Denver, Rio Grande & Western Railroad.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Florida River on Ranchos Florida Road
Location
La Plata County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1887
Railroad
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.21432, -107.74693   (decimal degrees)
37°12'52" N, 107°44'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/256251/4122183 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gem Village
Inventory number
BH 74328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,526)
5-panel truss (460)
Built 1887 (201)
Built during 1880s (1,730)
Colorado (636)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (144)
La Plata County, Colorado (20)
Open (37,749)
 Pin-connected (3,624)
Pratt through truss (4,746)
Pratt truss (8,280)
Rail-to-road (306)
Railroad (14,001)
Through truss (13,359)
Truss (30,185)

Update Log 

  • December 5, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added circa build date
  • May 26, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • November 10, 2016: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Luke

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