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DRGW - Elk Park Bridge

San Juan County, Colorado

Photos 

Photo taken by Tom

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BH Photo #249305

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Animas River on Abandoned Railroad
Location
San Juan County, Colorado
Status
Replaced by a new bridge, but left standing,
History
Built 1884; Damaged in a flood in 1964, requiring a new bridge.
Railroad
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
Design
Pratt through truss & 3 wooden pony trusses. The three pony truss spans are skewed. The first & last panels of the main span are skewed, but the center section is not
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 305.0 ft.
Skew angle
30 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.71626, -107.65289   (decimal degrees)
37°42'59" N, 107°39'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/266167/4177646 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Snowdon Peak
Elevation
8840 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 55527 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,346)
Abandoned (3,927)
Animas River (20)
Built 1884 (197)
Built during 1880s (2,165)
Bypassed (185)
Colorado (744)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
Pin-connected (4,688)
Pony truss (17,008)
 Pratt through truss (6,053)
Pratt truss (10,291)
Railroad (16,455)
San Juan County, Colorado (2)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Through truss (16,748)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,506)
Truss (35,420)
Uncovered wooden truss (155)

Update Log 

  • March 2, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • March 2, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
  • March 31, 2013: Updated by Jacob: History was updated.
  • February 18, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • February 15, 2013: Updated by Jann Mayer: Added length and skew information
  • February 12, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Daniel Barnes

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