Slate Creek Bridge

The Slate Creek Bridge is a riveted steel Parker pony truss bridge spanning the Blue River 9 miles (14.5 km) north of Silverthorne, Colorado. It is named after the road it carries, Slate Creek Road. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1951. This rare example of an uncommon truss type was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Slate Creek Bridge
Coordinates	39°46′59″N 106°09′43″W
Carries	Vehicle traffic
Crosses	Blue River
Locale	near Silverthorne, Colorado
Slate Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Slate Creek Rd. (Cty. Rd. 1450) over Blue River
Coordinates	39.78351°N 106.16257°W
Built	1924
Built by	Rogers and Pickard
Architectural style	Parker Pony truss
MPS	Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
NRHP reference No.	85001402[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1985
Location

It was fabricated by the American Bridge Co. and installed in 1924 by bridge contractors Rogers and Pickard. It features "a poured-in-place concrete deck and buttress outriggers at the panel points."[2]

The only other riveted Parker pony truss bridge known to survive in Colorado. (The San Francisco Creek Bridge, built in 1926, has been moved from its original location).[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Clayton Fraser (March 1984). "HABS/HAER Inventory: Slate Creek Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2018. With photo from 1984.