Hay's Ranch Bridge Explained

Hay's Ranch Bridge
Coordinates:40.0133°N -108.0922°W
Built:1900-1901
Builder:M. J. Patterson Contracting Co.
Added:February 4, 1985
Area:0.1acres
Mpsub:Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR
Refnum:85000233

The Hay's Ranch Bridge, in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Meeker, Colorado, was built in 1900–01. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is a pin-connected, 6-panel steel Pratt pony truss bridge. It has a single 92feet span bringing County Road 127 over the White River.

Its steel was forged by Lackawanna and Carnegie and it was constructed by M. J. Patterson Contracting Co. of Denver.[1]

It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1983.[1]

It is located about 9.8miles west of Meeker.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85000233}} HABS / HAER Inventory: Hay's Ranch Bridge / State Bridge; Bridge over White River; CDH: RIOB-127-00.40 ]. National Park Service. Clayton Fraser . Carl Hallberg . December 1, 1983 . January 12, 2020. With