U.S. Hwy 24, Buena Vista, Colorado. County/parish: Chaffee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 04, 1985. NRIS 85000190.
Part of Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR (NRIS 64000080).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
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" 353-foot-long (108 m) bridge, carrying a 30-foot (9.1 m) 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.
The bridge carries U.S. Highway 24 over the Arkansas River. Its Pratt truss span is 125 feet (38 m) long.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84125696