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Overview: Five-span through truss bridge over Arkansas River on CR 34
Location: Bent County, Colorado
Status: Replaced by a new bridge in 1994, now closed to all traffic
History: First built as a timber bridge in 1900 by the Kansas City Bridge Co. Truss spans added by the Pueblo Bridge Co. in 1902, 1906, 1909, and 1921
Builder: - Pueblo Bridge Co. of Pueblo, Colorado
Design: From north to south:
One 5-panel Pratt pony truss, built 1921
Three 9-panel Camelback Pratt through trusses, built 1909
One 6-panel Pratt through truss, built 1902
One 6-panel Pratt through truss, built 1906
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1985
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.09364, -102.76747 (decimal degrees)
38°05'37" N, 102°46'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/695772/4218558 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Prowers
Inventory numbers: NRHP 85000189 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11773 (Bridgehunter.com ID)