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Basalt Wooden Bridge (1880)

Facts 

Overview
Lost Kingpost pony truss bridge over Fryingpan River
Location
Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado
Status
Replaced by a new bridge 21 years after demolition
History
Originally built around 1880, it was rebuilt numerous times after washouts from flooding until 1926 after it was condemned. City Built another bridge at its location 21 years later
Design
Wooden Kingpost Pony Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.36829, -107.03162   (decimal degrees)
39°22'06" N, 107°01'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/324986/4359616 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 101911 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Basalt, Colorado (4)
Built 1880 (221)
Built during 1880s (2,424)
Colorado (786)
Eagle County, Colorado (63)
Kingpost truss (227)
Lost (32,321)
Pony truss (17,633)
Replaced by new bridge (22,027)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2023: Added by Jesse Sharkoman Berube

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