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 HB231046 Overall View Of Southwest Web, Southeast Span, Looking Southeast
|  HB231047 Overall View Of Northeast Web, Southeast Span, Looking Upstream To The Southwest
|  HB231048 Overall View Of Southwest Web, Southeast Span, Looking Downstream To The Northeast
|  HB231049 View Of North Portal, Looking Southeast
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 HB231050 View Of South Portal, Looking Northwest
|  HB231051 Detail View Of Top Lateral Bracing, Southeast Span, Looking Northwest
|  HB231052 Detail View Of Northwest Web Of The Southeast Span, Showing Deck, Bracing And Panel, Looking Northeast
|  HB231053 View Of North Abutment, Looking Northwest
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 HB231054 View Of South Abutment, Looking Southwest
|  HB231055 View Of Central Pier Abutment, Looking Southwest
|  HB231056 View Of Subdivided Mid Panel Point Of The Webbing, Northeast Web, Southeast Span, Looking Northeast
|  HB231057 View Of Lower Chord, Showing Vertical Web Member Connection, Northeast Web, Looking Southwest
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 HB231058 View Of Top Chord Connection, Showing Diagonal And Vertical Web Members And Top Lateral Bracing, Southeast Span, Looking Northeast
|  HB231059 View Of Bottom Lateral Bracing With Stringers And Floor Beams, Northwest Span, Looking Northwest
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Item Title
LocationSpanning Purgatoire River on Linden Avenue,
Trinidad, CO
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CO-54
Building/structure dates:
1912 initial construction
Significance: Erected by one of Colorado's more important early bridge contracting firms, the bridge was one of the longest trussed vehicular crossings in the state. It two spans which make up the bridge are notable as early rigid-connected examples of the Pennsylvania through truss, a configuration which later became something of a standard design for highway bridges in Colorado.
Subjects
Civil EngineeringMoving Of StructuresBridge Construction
Related Names
Patterson-Burghardt Construction Company
Hansel-Elcock
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WEB, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
2. OVERALL VIEW OF NORTHEAST WEB, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING UPSTREAM TO THE SOUTHWEST
3. OVERALL VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WEB, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING DOWNSTREAM TO THE NORTHEAST
4. VIEW OF NORTH PORTAL, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. VIEW OF SOUTH PORTAL, LOOKING NORTHWEST
6. DETAIL VIEW OF TOP LATERAL BRACING, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING NORTHWEST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTHWEST WEB OF THE SOUTHEAST SPAN, SHOWING DECK, BRACING AND PANEL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. VIEW OF NORTH ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. VIEW OF SOUTH ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. VIEW OF CENTRAL PIER ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
11. VIEW OF SUBDIVIDED MID PANEL POINT OF THE WEBBING, NORTHEAST WEB, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING NORTHEAST
12. VIEW OF LOWER CHORD, SHOWING VERTICAL WEB MEMBER CONNECTION, NORTHEAST WEB, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
13. VIEW OF TOP CHORD CONNECTION, SHOWING DIAGONAL AND VERTICAL WEB MEMBERS AND TOP LATERAL BRACING, SOUTHEAST SPAN, LOOKING NORTHEAST
14. VIEW OF BOTTOM LATERAL BRACING WITH STRINGERS AND FLOOR BEAMS, NORTHWEST SPAN, LOOKING NORTHWEST
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