Cherry Creek Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:

Cherry Creek Bridge

Carries:

Passenger vehicles

Crosses:

Locale:

Mainspan:

232feet

Length:

374feet

Width:

29.8feet

Complete:

1948

Coordinates:

Cherry Creek Bridge
Embed:	yes
Designated Other1:	Colorado
Designated Other1 Number:	5DA.1519
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Nearest City:	Franktown, Colorado
Architect:	Colorado Department of Highways; Monaghan, J.H.& N.M. & Associates
Architecture:	Two-rib open-spandrel arch
Added:	October 15, 2002
Area:	less than one acre
Mpsub:	Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS
Refnum:	02001147

The Cherry Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge spanning Cherry Creek near Franktown, Colorado. State Highway 83 runs atop it. It was built in 1948 by J.H.& N.M. Monaghan & Associates and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located within Castlewood Canyon State Park.

Its design and construction are credited to the Colorado Department of Highways and J.H.& N.M. & Associates.

It was a post-war exception to the practice of using lighter concrete bridge designs in the state.^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500799}} Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS ]. National Park Service. March 30, 2000. Clayton B. Fraser..