Plum Bush Creek Bridge Explained

Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Location: at milepost 138.16, Last Chance, Colorado
Coordinates:39.74°N -103.5461°W
Architect:Colorado Department of Highways
Builder:Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Co.
Architecture:Concrete rigid frame
Added:October 15, 2002
Built:1938
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS
Refnum:02001135

The Plum Bush Creek Bridge, near Last Chance, Colorado, is a concrete rigid frame bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It brings US 36 across Plum Bush Creek and is located at milepost 138.16 of US 36. It was designed by Colorado Department of Highways and built by Peter Kiewit Sons Construction Co. in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2002.

The bridge is significant as a "rare surviving example" of a concrete rigid frame bridge in rural Colorado. It is located in an area of open high plains grasslands.[1]

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=02001135}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Plum Bush Creek Bridge / CDOT No. F-22-F ; 5WN116 ]. Clay Fraser, of Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation . May 21, 2002 . National Park Service. and