Beaver Creek Bridge

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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Beaver Creek on CR 1A (Old US 85)
Location: Weston County, Wyoming
Status: Destroyed by fire
History: Built 1933; burned May 20, 2020 by an abandoned campfire
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 294.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.53520, -104.11741 (decimal degrees)
43°32'07" N, 104°07'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/571311/4820629 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Dewey
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 139
Inventory numbers: WY DYK (Wyoming bridge identifier)
BH 35859 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24 (out of 100)
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News Letter Journal- Newcastle - The Bridge was destroyed in a fire, probably caused by a campsite.
Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com

Beaver Creek Bridge

Posted November 21, 2021, by John Bernhisel (Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com)

Sadly, this bridge was destroyed in a a fire on May 20, 2020. Likely from a high school graduation party campfire.

A county commissioner said that although the bridge was in poor condition, it was beautiful and one of the oldest in the county.

Photo from the News artficle.