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DSNG - Tefft Bridge

La Plata County, Colorado

Photos 

Photo taken by Joe Ross

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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BH Photo #252529

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Animas River on Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Location
La Plata County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1887
Railroads
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (DSNG)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
DSNG Animas River Bridge #3
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.59845, -107.77317   (decimal degrees)
37°35'54" N, 107°46'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/255176/4164880 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Electra Lake
Inventory number
BH 55541 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,655)
Animas River (20)
Beam (16,949)
Built 1887 (239)
Built during 1880s (2,222)
Colorado (746)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (5)
La Plata County, Colorado (21)
 Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,567)
Pin-connected (4,876)
Pratt through truss (6,129)
Pratt truss (10,405)
Railroad (16,520)
Steel stringer (6,742)
Through truss (17,219)
Truss (35,970)

Update Log 

  • March 8, 2022: Photo imported by Dave King
  • May 26, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • November 10, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • April 18, 2013: Corrected county
  • February 12, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke

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