Four Mile Bridge

Photos 

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Overall View From Country Road 371. View To Southwest HAER photos taken Jan. 1986 by David Grover Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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North Portal. View To Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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North Portal And East Web. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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East Web. View To Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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East Web Showing Deck And Bracing Detail. View To Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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West Web Panel Detail. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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Partial East Web And North Abutment Detail. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

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Partial East Web And South Abutment Detail. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

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Facts 

Overview

Lost bedstead truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 371 north of Buena Vista

Location

Chaffee County, Colorado

Status

Replaced by modern bridge

History

Built 1909 by the Pueblo Bridge Co.; replaced 1987

Builder

- Pueblo Bridge Co. of Pueblo, Colorado

Design

Riveted, 3-panel bedstead truss with timber diagonal supports underneath

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 51.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.86590, -106.13823   (decimal degrees)
38°51'57" N, 106°08'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

13/401251/4302511 (zone/easting/northing)

Land survey

T. 14 S., R. 78 W., Sec. 5

USGS topographic map

Buena Vista West

Inventory numbers

CO CHA371-01.70 (Colorado off-system bridge number)
BH 11787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 30, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
• June 19, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

• HAER CO-35 - Four Mile Bridge

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