Bridge over Burro Cañon
Bridge over Burro Canon | |
.jpg) Bridge in 2012. Descent by steps of tops of wingwalls can be seen. "Multiplates" lining the inside of the archways can be seen. | |
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| Nearest city | Madrid, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 37°07′26″N 104°44′23″W / 37.12377°N 104.73969°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architectural style | Stone multiplate deck arch |
| MPS | Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000216[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 1985 |
The Bridge over Burro Cañon, near Madrid, Colorado, was built in 1936. It carries Colorado State Highway 12, a main route linking La Veta with Trinidad, over an arroyo.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
It was one of about 30 Works Progress Administration-funded bridges built in southeast Colorado, and one of three in Las Animas County, in the late 1930s; it is the only WPA-funded bridge in Colorado that has a skewed configuration, crossing the arroyo at an angle.[2]
Its archways are lined with "multiplates" fabricated by the Hardesty Manufacturing Company,[2] a cement and concrete products company still existing in 2021, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3]
It is a triple-arch masonry bridge 67.67 feet (20.63 m) long, 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, with a 17.1 feet (5.2 m) central arch and two 16.1 feet (4.9 m) side arches. The arches are semi-circular, have tapered voussoirs, and are lined with multiplates. The two piers formed between the arches are beveled. It has stone parapet walls, abutments, and stepped wingwalls.[2]
It was documented for the Historic American Engineering Record HAER by the Colorado Department of Highways in 1983.[2]
It "features rusticated stone facing and grapevined mortar joints, trademarks of Works Progress Administration workmanship in southeastern Colorado."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Clayton Fraser; Carl Hallberg (January 18, 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Bridge over Burro Canon / LS234 / CDH P-18-L". National Park Service. Retrieved April 23, 2021. With accompanying photo from 1983
- ^ "The Hardesty Company Inc". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Bridge over Burro Cañon". History Colorado. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
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