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3 data pages
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TITLE:
Baseline Bridge, Spanning South Platte River on County Road 168, Brighton vicinity, Adams County, CO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER COLO,1-BRIG.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Levy Construction Company

NOTE:
Survey number HAER CO-44

Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: NR

Significance: It is the longest-span example of the basic Warren truss. It is also notable as the only Warren pony truss surveyed in the state that features multiple spans.

SUBJECTS:
COLORADO--Adams County--Brighton vicinity
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.co0212

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH FROM SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER BANK
3. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL AND SOUTH WEB, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH WEB SPAN, LOOKING NORTH
6. PARTIAL DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH WEB, SNOWING DECK AND BRACING, LOOKING NORTHWEST
7. PARTIAL DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH WEB AND EAST ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHEAST

CONTROL #:
CO0212

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