Fifth Street Bridge

Photos

Overall View And South Portal. View To Northeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #135083

Overview: Lost four-span through truss bridge over Colorado River on Northbound US 50 at Grand Junction
Location: Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1933 by the Wisconsin Steel & Iron Works; replaced 1989
Design: Four-span, riveted, 9-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 185.0 ft.
Total length: 791.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.05429, -108.56558 (decimal degrees)
39°03'15" N, 108°33'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/710652/4325622 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Grand Junction
Inventory numbers: CDOT H-02-H (Colorado Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 41277 (Bridgehunter.com ID)