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DDZ Bridge over New Fork River

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Kingpost pony truss

Opened
  
1917

Added to NRHP
  
22 February 1985

Built
  
1917 (1917)

NRHP Reference #
  
85000437

Body of water
  
New Fork River

Nearest city
  
Boulder

DDZ Bridge over New Fork River

MPS
  
Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR

Similar
  
Log Cabin Motel, Upper Green River Re, Union Pass

The DDZ Bridge over New Fork River is a Kingpost pony truss bridge located near Boulder, Wyoming, which carries Sublette County Road 136 across the New Fork River. The bridge was built in 1917 by Lincoln County's government, as Sublette County had not yet been formed. Unlike most truss bridges at the time, the bridge was built with timber trusses rather than steel; it is the only wooden two-span Kingpost truss bridge remaining in Wyoming. The bridge's construction is considered to be "the most sophisticated" of extant wooden truss bridges in the state.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1985. It was one of several bridges added to the NRHP for its role in the history of Wyoming bridge construction.

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DDZ Bridge over New Fork River Wikipedia