Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Plum Bush Creek Bridge is located in Colorado
Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Plum Bush Creek Bridge is located in the United States
Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Location US 36 at milepost 138.16, Last Chance, Colorado
Coordinates39°44′24″N 103°32′46″W / 39.74000°N 103.54611°W / 39.74000; -103.54611
Arealess than one acre
Built1938
Built byPeter Kiewit Sons Construction Co.
ArchitectColorado Department of Highways
Architectural styleConcrete rigid frame
MPSHighway Bridges in Colorado MPS
NRHP reference No.02001135[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2002

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.[1][2]

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.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Clay Fraser, of Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (May 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Plum Bush Creek Bridge / CDOT No. F-22-F ; 5WN116". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos

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