Pelloux Bridge

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Historic Photo of Bridge at Original Location (View From South Toward North Portal)

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #240164

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Description

The Peloux Bridge was a pin connected, five panel, Pratt Pony Truss and was an early example of a common truss type bridge still in use in Wyoming. The bridge was fabricated by the Canton Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Clear Creek on the Clear Creek Trail (a pedestrian trail)
Location: Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1912-13 by the Canton Bridge Co.; relocated 1986
Builder: - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Total length: 75.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1985
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.34488, -106.70444 (decimal degrees)
44°20'42" N, 106°42'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/364141/4911591 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Buffalo
Inventory numbers: NRHP 85000425 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 53664 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

September 26, 2012: Added by James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
HAER WY-20 - Peloux Bridge, Spanning Clear Creek on County Road No. 40, Buffalo, Johnson County, WY