Photos
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Overall View And South Portal. View To North HAER photos taken July 1989 by David Grover Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Overall View And North Portal. View To South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Overall View From Gunnison River. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South Portal. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South Portal, Second Span. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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North Portal And East Web. View To Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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East Web, Single Span. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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End Post Upper Chord Connection. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Bracing Detail. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Web, Showing Deck, Bracing, And Panel Detail. View To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Web, Showing Panel Detail. View To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Top Chord Connection Detail. View To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Web Walkway And Railing. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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East Web, Lower Chord Detail. View To Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Floor Beams And Bracing Detail. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South End Post Connection And Abutment. View To Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South End Post Connection. View To East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Name Plate On North Portal. View To South Colorado State Highway Department 1924 Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost four-span through truss bridge over the Gunnison River on westbound US 50 at Delta
- Location
- Delta County, Colorado
- Status
- Replaced by modern bridge
- History
- Completed May 1924; parallel eastbound bridge built 1966; replaced 1992
- Builders
- - Midwest Steel & Iron Co.
- Minnesota-Moline Power Implement Co.
- Winterburn and Lumsden
- Design
- Four riveted, 8-panel Parker through trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 608.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.75139, -108.06937 (decimal degrees)
38°45'05" N, 108°04'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/754677/4293267 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 15 S., R. 96 W., Sec. 13
- USGS topographic map
- North Delta
- Inventory numbers
- CDOT I-04-A (Colorado Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 85000198 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER CO-62 - Delta Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on U.S. 50, Delta, Delta County, CO
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com