Top Ranked Colorado Bridges

Canon Avenue Bridge (El Paso County, Colorado)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Stone arch bridge over Fountain Creek on Canon Avenue in Manitou Springs
Open to traffic
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1990
D&SNG Animas River Bridge #2 (La Plata County, Colorado)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Warren deck truss bridge over Animas River on Railroad
Open to traffic
Royal Gorge Bridge (Fremont County, Colorado)
Rated 98% with 3 votes
Suspension bridge over the Arkansas River (Royal Gorge) west of Caņon City
Open to vehicular and pedestrian traffic
Built 1929 for the Royal Gorge Bridge and Amusement Co.; rehabilitated 1984
Animas River Trail Suspension Bridge (La Plata County, Colorado)
Rated 98% with 2 votes
Wire suspension bridge over Animas River on Trail
Open to pedestrians only
Moffat Tunnel (Grand County, Colorado)
Rated 93% with 3 votes
Tunnel under Continental Divide west of Denver on Union Pacific RR
Open to railroad traffic, including Amtrak's California Zephyr
Built 1923-1928
Fourth Street Bridge (Fremont County, Colorado)
Rated 92% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Arkansas River in Canon City
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1891 by the Bullen Bridge Co.; modified 1928; replaced in 2001; reconstructed ca. 2004
Hanging Bridge (Fremont County, Colorado)
Rated 92% with 3 votes
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Edge of Arkansas River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1879
Tefft Bridge (La Plata County, Colorado)
Rated 92% with 3 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Animas River on Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1887
Prowers Bridge (Bent County, Colorado)
Rated 91% with 2 votes
Five-span through truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 34
Replaced by a new bridge in 1994, now closed to all traffic
First built as a timber bridge in 1900 by the Kansas City Bridge Co. Truss spans added by the Pueblo Bridge Co. in 1902, 1906, 1909, and 1921
Red Cliff Arch Bridge (Eagle County, Colorado)
Rated 91% with 6 votes
Steel deck arch bridge over Eagle River, Union Pacific Railroad, and Water Street on US 24 at Red Cliff
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 2004
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge (El Paso County, Colorado)
Rated 86% with 2 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Black Squirrel Creek on US 24 near Peyton
Demolished
Built 1935; demolished 2012
Fort Morgan Rainbow Arch Bridge (Morgan County, Colorado)
Rated 85% with 7 votes
Eleven-span Marsh arch bridge over South Platte River on CO 52, just north of Fort Morgan
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1922-23; made obsolete by new bridge in 1963; rehabilitated in 1987
Maroon Creek Bridge (Pitkin County, Colorado)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Trestle over Maroon Creek on CO 82 at Aspen
Bypassed by a replacement bridge and left in place for pedstrian use.
Built 1888; converted to vehicular use ca. 1929. Bypassed in 2005.
Elk Park Bridge (San Juan County, Colorado)
Rated 84% with 5 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over Animas River on Abandoned Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge, but left standing,
Built 1884; Damaged in a flood in 1964, requiring a new bridge.
UP Fountain Creek Bridge (El Paso County, Colorado)
Rated 83% with 4 votes
Through truss bridge over Fountain Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic
Devil's Gate Trestle (Clear Creek County, Colorado)
Rated 82% with 4 votes
Rebuilt trestle on the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Open to tourist railroad
Built 1877 by the Colorado Central Railroad. Dismantled 1939, but rebuilt 1984
D&SNG Hermosa Creek Bridge (La Plata County, Colorado)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Pony truss bridge over Hermosa Creek Bridge on Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1881
House On A Bridge , North Fork Purgatoire River Old CO 12 (Las Animas County, Colorado)
Rated 77% with 2 votes
Abandoned bridge over North Fork Purgatoire River on ? Old CO 12 @ CR21.6 and CR23.2
Abandoned
Perhaps- this bridge was the CO 12 predesesor of the current 1936 & 38 WPA bridges. It is now on private property with an adobe house built on it.
Dotsero Bridge (Eagle County, Colorado)
Rated 76% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Colorado River on the I-70 Service Road (Old US 6) at Dotsero
Open to two-lane traffic
Built 1934-35
Georgetown Loop Deck Truss Bridge (Clear Creek County, Colorado)
Rated 74% with 3 votes
Deck truss over Clear Creek on the Georgetown Loop Railroad
Open to tourist railroad