Bridgehunter.com | UP - Arkansas River Bridge

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Overview: Parker through truss bridge over Arkansas River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Status: Open to traffic
Railroads: - Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design: Parker through truss
Also called: DRGW - Arkanas River Bridge (E)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.25295, -104.59238 (decimal degrees)
38°15'11" N, 104°35'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/535664/4233959 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Northeast Pueblo
Inventory number: BH 49277 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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May 31, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
May 29, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
August 2, 2011: Added by Robert Elder

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Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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UP - Arkansas River Bridge

Posted April 23, 2020, by Jace (maybreak12 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The Parker-Pratt bridge pictured above is not at the location listed. The pictured bridge is just northeast of the Pikes Peak International Raceway at the division of the Old Pueblo Road from Hanover Road, and crosses Little Fountain Creek, NOT the Arkansas River.

Union Pacific Arkansas River Bridge

Posted August 2, 2011, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I discovered this bridge thanks to Google Street View. Bing Maps has great Bird's Eye imagery of it.

Interestingly, the large Parker span is over dry land while the much smaller Pratt truss spans the Arkansas River.