Delta Bridge

Photos

Overall View And South Portal. View To North

HAER photos taken July 1989 by David Grover

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #129451

Overview: Lost four-span through truss bridge over the Gunnison River on westbound US 50 at Delta
Location: Delta County, Colorado
Status: Replaced by modern bridge
History: Completed May 1924; parallel eastbound bridge built 1966; replaced 1992
Builders: - Midwest Steel & Iron Co.
- Minnesota-Moline Power Implement Co.
- Winterburn & Lumsden
Design: Four riveted, 8-panel Parker through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 608.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.75139, -108.06937 (decimal degrees)
38°45'05" N, 108°04'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/754677/4293267 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: North Delta
Land survey: T. 15 S., R. 96 W., Sec. 13
Inventory numbers: CDOT I-04-A (Colorado Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 85000198 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

HAER CO-62 - Delta Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on U.S. 50, Delta, Delta County, CO
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com