Prowers Bridge

Cty. Rd. 34, Prowers, Colorado. County/parish: Bent.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 04, 1985. NRIS 85000189.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Bridge over Arkansas River
  • state survey no.:BE01

From Wikipedia:

Prowers Bridge

The Prowers Bridge over the Arkansas River near Prowers, Colorado is a historic bridge that was built in 1902 by the Pueblo Bridge Co. It includes 3 Camelback truss, 2 Pratt through truss and one Pratt pony truss components. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is the last surviving out of more than 6 multispan bridges built during 1890-1910 that crossed the wide floodplains of the lower Arkansas River.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84125592

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