Bridge over Fountain Creek (U.S. Route 24)

Bridge over Fountain Creek
	Bridge over Fountain Creek
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The bridge in 2013
Location	; – Manitou Springs
Coordinates	38°52′12″N 104°55′30″W / 38.87000°N 104.92500°WCoordinates: 38°52′12″N 104°55′30″W / 38.87000°N 104.92500°W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1932
Built by	Pueblo Bridge & Construction Co.
Engineer	King Burghardt
Architectural style	Open Spandral Deck Arch
MPS	Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No.	85000206
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1985

The Bridge over Fountain Creek which was built to bring U.S. Route 24 (US 24) over Fountain Creek, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Manitou Springs, Colorado, was built in 1932. It now carries (US 24 Bus.; Manitou Avenue). It is an open spandrel deck arch span.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

It was designed by engineer , who was "one of the Highway Department's most innovative bridge engineers". It is a 160-foot (49 m) reinforced concrete bridge. It "featured attractive rubble masonry retaining walls and lamposts at the approaches", but the lamposts have since been removed.^[2] Burghardt also designed the Red Cliff Bridge which carries US 24 in Red Cliff, Colorado, and Sevenmile Bridge, near Creede, Colorado, both of which are also listed on the National Register.^[1]

It was constructed by contractor at cost of $44,695^[2] (equivalent to $7.1 million in 2020 dollars).

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^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rebecca Herbst (July 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Bridge over Fountain Creek / state survey no.:EP14". National Park Service. Retrieved August 11, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1984

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[nrhpdoc-2] Rebecca Herbst (July 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Bridge over Fountain Creek / state survey no.:EP14". National Park Service. Retrieved August 11, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1984

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Bridge over Fountain Creek (U.S. Route 24)

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