ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek
Appearance
ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek | |
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Nearest city | Sheridan, Wyoming |
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Coordinates | 44°44′35″N 107°7′45″W / 44.74306°N 107.12917°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1913–1914 |
Architect | Canton Bridge Co. |
Architectural style | Pratt pony truss |
MPS | Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85000435[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 22, 1985 |
The ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek is a bridge near Sheridan, Wyoming that was built in 1914. It is a Pratt pony truss bridge which was built by the Canton Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The Canton Bridge Company built four steel bridges in Wyoming in 1914; the ECS Bridge is the only one of these surviving in its original location.[2] It is 50 feet long and 15 feet wide.[2]: 7
It is one of 171 Wyoming bridges surveyed in a study that led to the nomination of 31 of them for NRHP listing.[2] The ECS bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.[1]
Two other Canton Bridge Company bridges in Wyoming are also listed on the NRHP:
- EDL Peloux Bridge, Cty. Rd. CN16-40, in or near Buffalo, Wyoming and
- EDZ Irigary Bridge, Cty. Rd. CN16-254, in or near Sussex, Wyoming.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Clayton B. Fraser (May 24, 1982). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR". National Park Service.
External links
- NRHP Registration and Accompanying three photos, from 1982
- Big Goose Creek Bridge, County Road 5, Sheridan vicinity, Sheridan, WY at the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
- Bridges completed in 1914
- Buildings and structures in Sheridan County, Wyoming
- Transportation in Sheridan County, Wyoming
- Historic American Engineering Record in Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places in Sheridan County, Wyoming
- Road bridges in Wyoming
- Wyoming Registered Historic Place stubs
- Western United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Wyoming building and structure stubs