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Peru Hill Bridge

Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Photos 

Photo taken by Jacob Kroupa

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BH Photo #398231

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on CR 37 (Peru Cutoff Road)
Location
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1924 by the Fort Pitt Bridge Works; demolished July 2017
Builder
- Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Design
Main span: Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 123.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.54946, -109.59224   (decimal degrees)
41°32'58" N, 109°35'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/617407/4600712 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
WY FKE (Wyoming bridge identifier)
BH 78011 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
380

Categories 

Built 1924 (626)
Built during 1920s (8,757)
Deck girder (4,483)
Fort Pitt Bridge Works (30)
Girder (7,931)
Lost (18,661)
Lost 2017 (91)
Lost during 2010s (1,990)
 Owned by county (18,847)
Plate girder (6,103)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,791)
Structurally deficient (18,414)
Sweetwater County, Wyoming (16)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,638)
Wyoming (271)

Update Log 

  • July 25, 2017: Added info and photos from Jacob Kroupa; bridge is in process of being demolished

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