The Slate Creek Bridge is a riveted steel Parker pony truss bridge spanning the Blue River 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Silverthorne, Colorado. It is named after the road it carries, Slate Creek Road. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1951. This rare example of an uncommon truss type was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Slate Creek Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′59″N 106°09′43″W / 39.783°N 106.162°W |
| Carries | Vehicle traffic |
| Crosses | Blue River |
| Locale | near Silverthorne, Colorado |
Slate Creek Bridge | |
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| Location | Slate Creek Rd. (Cty. Rd. 1450) over Blue River |
| Coordinates | 39°47′01″N 106°09′45″W / 39.78351°N 106.16257°W |
| Built | 1924 |
| Built by | Rogers and Pickard |
| Architectural style | Parker Pony truss |
| MPS | Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001402[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 24, 1985 |
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It was fabricated by the American Bridge Co. and installed in 1924 by bridge contractors Rogers and Pickard. It features "a poured-in-place concrete deck and buttress outriggers at the panel points."[2]
The only other riveted Parker pony truss bridge known to survive in Colorado. (The San Francisco Creek Bridge, built in 1926, has been moved from its original location).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Clayton Fraser (March 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Slate Creek Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2018. With photo from 1984.
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