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Overall View, Looking Northwest, Showing Southeast Portal
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Overall View, Looking Northwest, Showing Northwest Portal
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Overall View, Looking Southwest, Showing Northeast Elevation
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View Of Northeast Elevation, Looking Southeast
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Detail View Of Northeast Panel Elevation, Looking Southwest
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View Of Southwest Elevation, Looking North
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View Of Southwest Elevation, Showing Newer Adjacent Structure, Looking East
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View Of Traffic Deck, Looking Northwest
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View Of Southeast Abutment, Looking East
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View Of Northwest Abutment And Portal Connection, Looking West
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View Of Traffic Deck Support System, Showing Stringers, Bracing, And Steel Trestles, Looking Northwest
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View Of Traffic Deck Support System, Showing Bracing And Cantilevers, Looking South
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Detail View Of Cantilever, Looking Northwest
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HB231008
View Of Concrete Spread Footing, Looking North
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View Of Decorative Railing On Northeast Elevation, Looking East
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Detail View Of Decorative Railing, Looking Southwest
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Item Title
LocationFourteenth Street at Wazee Street,
Denver, CO
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CO-52
Building/structure dates:
1898 initial construction
Significance: Built in 1898. Of all the multiple-span wagon/tram viaducts built in Denver in the 19th century, only the 14th St. Viaduct remains in use. With its 63 spans of steel stringers, it is the only long steel bridge in Denver and Pueblo which does not have trussed spans over the river of the railroads. The last of its type, the 14th St. Viaduct is a significant early bridge - an elevated roadway erected before the introduction of the automobile in Colorado.
Subjects
Civil EngineeringBridge ConstructionSteel Trestles
Related Names
Youngstown Bridge Company
Denver, Texas & Gulf Railroad
14th Street Viaduct Improvement District
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING SOUTHEAST PORTAL
2. OVERALL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING NORTHWEST PORTAL
3. OVERALL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING NORTHEAST ELEVATION
4. VIEW OF NORTHEAST ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTHEAST PANEL ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
6. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTH
7. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST ELEVATION, SHOWING NEWER ADJACENT STRUCTURE, LOOKING EAST
8. VIEW OF TRAFFIC DECK, LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. VIEW OF SOUTHEAST ABUTMENT, LOOKING EAST
10. VIEW OF NORTHWEST ABUTMENT AND PORTAL CONNECTION, LOOKING WEST
11. VIEW OF TRAFFIC DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM, SHOWING STRINGERS, BRACING, AND STEEL TRESTLES, LOOKING NORTHWEST
12. VIEW OF TRAFFIC DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM, SHOWING BRACING AND CANTILEVERS, LOOKING SOUTH
13. DETAIL VIEW OF CANTILEVER, LOOKING NORTHWEST
14. VIEW OF CONCRETE SPREAD FOOTING, LOOKING NORTH
15. VIEW OF DECORATIVE RAILING ON NORTHEAST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
16. DETAIL VIEW OF DECORATIVE RAILING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
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