Slate Creek Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Slate Creek Bridge
Carries:	Vehicle traffic
Crosses:	Blue River
Locale:	near Silverthorne, Colorado Embed: yes Slate Creek Bridge Location: Slate Creek Rd. (Cty. Rd. 1450) over Blue River Coordinates: 39.7835°N -106.1626°W Built: 1924 Builder: Rogers and Pickard Architecture: Parker Pony truss Added: June 24, 1985 Refnum: 85001402

The Slate Creek Bridge is a riveted steel Parker pony truss bridge spanning the Blue River 9miles 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.

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."

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).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001402}} HABS/HAER Inventory: Slate Creek Bridge ]. National Park Service. Clayton Fraser . March 1984 . March 30, 2018. With .