Roubideau Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River at County Road G50R, Delta vicinity, Delta County, CO

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TITLE:
Roubideau Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River at County Road G50R, Delta vicinity, Delta County, CO

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

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 17 (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-70

Building/structure dates: 1911 initial construction

Significance: The bridge is significant as a locally important crossing of the Gunnison River, as a technologically interesting roadway truss bridge type, and as one of several bridges in Colorado erected by the state's preeminent early bridge contractor.

SUBJECTS:
COLORADO--Delta County--Delta 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.co0297

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING NORTH WEB, LOOKING SOUTH
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING SOUTH WEB, LOOKING NORTH
3. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL, LOOKING EAST
5. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, SHOWING NORTH WEB, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
6. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD, NORTH WEB, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF DECK AND BOTTOM CHORD, LOOKING WEST
8. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH WEB, SHOWING DECK, BRACING, AND TOP CHORD, LOOKING WEST
9. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH WEB, SHOWING BRACING, TOP CHORD, AND PANEL, LOOKING NORTHWEST
10. DETAIL VIEW OF BRACING AND TOP CHORD CONNECTION, NORTH WEB, LOOKING NORTH
11. DETAIL VIEW OF TOP CHORD CONNECTION, NORTH WEB, LOOKING NORTH
12. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION, NORTH WEB, LOOKING NORTHWEST
13. DETAIL VIEW OF FLOOR BEAMS AND BRACING, LOOKING WEST
14. DETAIL VIEW OF FLOOR BEAMS AND BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION, LOOKING WEST
15. VIEW OF EAST END POST CONNECTION, LOOKING NORTHWEST
16. VIEW OF WEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
17. DETAIL VIEW OF WEST ABUTMENT, SHOWING END POST CONNECTION, LOOKING SOUTH

CONTROL #:
CO0297

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