US 36 at milepost 138.16, Last Chance, Colorado. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 2002. NRIS 02001135.
Part of Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS (NRIS 64500799).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Plum Bush Creek Bridge, near Last Chance, Colorado, is a concrete rigid frame bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It brings US 36 across Plum Bush Creek and is located at milepost 138.16 of US 36. It was designed by Colorado Department of Highways and built by Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Co. in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2002.
The bridge is significant as a "rare surviving example" of a concrete rigid frame bridge in rural Colorado. It is located in an area of open high plains grasslands.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84127715