Delta Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on U.S. 50, Delta, Delta County, CO

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4 data pages
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TITLE:
Delta Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River on U.S. 50, Delta, Delta County, CO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER COLO,15-DELT,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 18 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER CO-62

Building/structure dates: 1924 initial construction

Significance: It is a multi-span of the riveted Parker type. It is significant as unusual multi-span example of a common highway bridge type. Historically this bridge is significant as a regionally important crossing of the Gunnision River - the site of the only purchased state bridge.

SUBJECTS:
COLORADO--Delta County--Delta
civil engineering
bridge construction
steel truss bridges

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.co0252

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW AND SOUTH PORTAL. VIEW TO NORTH.
2. OVERALL VIEW AND NORTH PORTAL. VIEW TO SOUTH.
3. OVERALL VIEW FROM GUNNISON RIVER. VIEW TO WEST.
4. SOUTH PORTAL. VIEW TO NORTH.
5. SOUTH PORTAL, SECOND SPAN. VIEW TO NORTH.
6. NORTH PORTAL AND EAST WEB. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
7. EAST WEB, SINGLE SPAN. VIEW TO WEST.
8. END POST UPPER CHORD CONNECTION. VIEW TO WEST.
9. BRACING DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTH.
10. WEST WEB, SHOWING DECK, BRACING, AND PANEL DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
11. WEST WEB, SHOWING PANEL DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
12. TOP CHORD CONNECTION DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
13. WEST WEB WALKWAY AND RAILING. VIEW TO NORTH.
14. EAST WEB, LOWER CHORD DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
15. FLOOR BEAMS AND BRACING DETAIL. VIEW TO NORTH.
16. SOUTH END POST CONNECTION AND ABUTMENT. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
17. SOUTH END POST CONNECTION. VIEW TO EAST.
18. NAME PLATE ON NORTH PORTAL. VIEW TO SOUTH.

CONTROL #:
CO0252

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