Bridge over Arkansas River | |
Nearest City: | Buena Vista, Colorado |
Coordinates: | 38.8136°N -106.1033°W |
Built: | 1937 |
Architect: | Colorado Department of Highways |
Builder: | M.E. Carlson |
Architecture: | Pratt Deck Truss |
Added: | February 4, 1985 |
Area: | 0.3acres |
Mpsub: | Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR |
Refnum: | 85000190 |
The Bridge over Arkansas River in Johnson Village, Colorado, near Buena Vista, is a Pratt deck truss bridge built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
It is a "visually impressive" 353adj=midNaNadj=mid bridge, carrying a 30feet roadway on a skewed line high over the Arkansas River. It was designed by the Colorado Department of Highways and was built by contractor M.E. Carlson.[1]
The bridge carries U.S. Highway 24 over the Arkansas River. Its Pratt truss span is 125feet long.[1]