Black Squirrel Creek Bridge

Black Squirrel Creek Bridge
Bridge in 2008
Coordinates39°00′14″N 104°30′47″W / 39.004°N 104.513°W / 39.004; -104.513
Carries US 24
LocaleBetween Falcon and Peyton, Colorado[1]
U.S. 24 milepost 327.33[2]
Characteristics
DesignTruss bridge
Total length226 feet (69 m)[3]
Width31.1 feet (9.5 m) (structure)
30 feet (9.1 m) (roadway)[3]
Longest span150 feet (46 m)[3]
History
Constructed byCharles B. Owen
A. S. Horner
Fabrication byMinneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company
Construction end1935
Closed2012
Statistics
Daily traffic6500–8500 (circa 2011)[1]
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge is located in Colorado
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge is located in the United States
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge
Coordinates39°00′15″N 104°30′47″W / 39.00417°N 104.51306°W / 39.00417; -104.51306
ArchitectColorado Department of Highways
MPSHighway Bridges of Colorado MPS
NRHP reference No.02001158[4]
CSRHP No.5EP.3561[5]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2002
Location
Map

The Black Squirrel Creek Bridge carries U.S. 24 over Black Squirrel Creek in El Paso County, Colorado. Prior to 2012, it was locally known as the "green bridge"[1] or "old green bridge"[6]—a historic single-span, Parker through truss bridge that was completed in 1935 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Because it no longer met highway safety standards, the bridge was dismantled and replaced by a newer span in 2012.

  1. ^ a b c Kelley, Debbie (June 22, 2011). "Historically significant bridge may be destroyed". The Gazette. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Fraser 2002, p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c Fraser 2002, p. 5.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "Listings by County: El Paso County". History Colorado. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference csindy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).