Huerfano Bridge

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Huerfano Bridge
Huerfano Bridge.JPG
Huerfano Bridge is located in Colorado
Huerfano Bridge
Nearest cityBoone, Colorado
Coordinates38°13′32″N 104°15′41″W / 38.22553°N 104.26142°W / 38.22553; -104.26142Coordinates: 38°13′32″N 104°15′41″W / 38.22553°N 104.26142°W / 38.22553; -104.26142
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1921
EngineerRobert Dubois
Pueblo Bridge Co.
Architectural styleFilled spandrel arch
MPSVehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No.85000226[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 4, 1985

The Huerfano Bridge, is a bridge in Pueblo County, Colorado near Boone, Colorado that brings U.S. Highway 50 over the Huerfano River. The bridge was completed in 1921[2] after construction began in 1920.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

It is a five-span filled spandrel arch bridge designed by Colorado state staff engineer Richard Dubois and was built by the Pueblo Bridge Co. A previous bridge had been christened by the community in 1916.[4] It replaced a timber truss bridge that had deteriorated severely by 1920, with two spans having fallen from damage by woodpeckers.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Clayton Fraser; Carl Hallberg (February 8, 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Huerfano Bridge / Bridge over Huerfano River / State survey no. PU19". National Park Service. Retrieved September 29, 2021. With accompanying photo from 1984
  3. ^ "Highway Bridges in Colorado". History Colorado. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Huerfano Bridge Opened". Walsenburg World. No. Volume XXVIII, Number 24. 15 June 1916. Retrieved 30 September 2021.


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