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Dewey Bridge, 1968 This photo is from my father's collection, he drove a single axle flatbed truck across this bridge many times. He said he always had to fold in the mirrors to fit across. Photo taken by EA Philpott, 1968, collection of Craig Philpott |
Facts
- Overview
- wire suspension bridge over Colorado River on UT 128
- Location
- Grand County, Utah
- Status
- Wood portions Destroyed by fire on April 6, 2008
- Future prospects
- Discussions ongoing regarding possible funding of restoration
- History
- Built 1915-16 by the Midland Bridge Co.; wood portions destroyed by fire on April 6, 2008
- Builder
- - Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Wire suspension with double intersection warren pony truss wood elements (similar to another bridge in Utah)
- Dimensions
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Total length: 503.2 ft.
Deck width: 8.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1984
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.81183, -109.30311 (decimal degrees)
38°48'43" N, 109°18'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/647329/4297263 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Dewey
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 84002179 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36452 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 30, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- March 7, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added streetview, removed "lost" designation
- July 31, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott
- October 17, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
- April 12, 2008: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Dewey Bridge
- Kim Harvey
- HAER UT-79 - Dewey Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at State Highway 128, Cisco vicinity, Utah County, UT
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu