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Potomac Street Bridge

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Skewed pony truss bridge over O'Brian Canal on Potomac Street in Commerce City
Location
Adams County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1940
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.90397, -104.82782   (decimal degrees)
39°54'14" N, 104°49'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/514717/4417113 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brighton
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
121
Inventory numbers
CO COMC-07-0.2-01 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11766 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 11.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

4-panel truss (393)
Adams County, Colorado (9)
Built during 1940s (4,301)
Colorado (786)
Have street view (30,595)
Lattice Railing (697)
One-lane traffic (8,138)
Open (41,564)
Owned by city (6,316)
Pin-connected (5,510)
Pony truss (17,632)
Pratt pony truss (4,158)
Pratt truss (10,915)
Skewed (5,118)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,710)
Structurally deficient (12,449)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,928)
Truss (38,717)
Wooden deck (6,278)

Update Log 

  • August 11, 2021: Updated by Dave King: Added category "Lattice Railing"
  • April 26, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Comments 

Potomac Street Bridge
Posted June 23, 2009, by J Triplett (jdtriple [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Photo taken in Dec 2007.