Four Mile Bridge

Photos

Overall View From Country Road 371. View To Southwest

HAER photos taken Jan. 1986 by David Grover

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #126858

Overview: Lost bedstead truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 371 north of Buena Vista
Location: Chaffee County, Colorado
Status: Replaced by modern bridge
History: Built 1909 by the Pueblo Bridge Co.; replaced 1987
Builder: - Pueblo Bridge Co. of Pueblo, Colorado
Design: Riveted, 3-panel bedstead truss with timber diagonal supports underneath
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 51.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.86596, -106.13871 (decimal degrees)
38°51'57" N, 106°08'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/401210/4302518 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Buena Vista West
Land survey: T. 14 S., R. 78 W., Sec. 5
Inventory numbers: CO CHA371-01.70 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)