Prowers Bridge

	Prowers Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Bridge in 2013.
Location	County Road 34
Nearest city	Prowers, Colorado
Coordinates	38°5′37″N 102°46′3″W / 38.09361°N 102.76750°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1902
Built by	Pueblo Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Camelback & Pratt Through
MPS	Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No.	85000189
Added to NRHP	February 4, 1985

The Prowers Bridge over the Arkansas River near Prowers, Colorado is a historic bridge that was built in 1902 by the Pueblo Bridge Co. It includes 3 Camelback truss, 2 Pratt through truss and one Pratt pony truss components. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]^[2]

It is the last surviving out of more than 6 multispan bridges built during 1890-1910 that crossed the wide floodplains of the lower Arkansas River.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Clayton Fraser and Carl Hallberg (December 18, 1983). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Prowers Bridge / Bridge over Arkansas River;state survey no.:BE01". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1983

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Clayton Fraser and Carl Hallberg (December 18, 1983). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Prowers Bridge / Bridge over Arkansas River;state survey no.:BE01". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1983

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