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Plum Bush Creek Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Concrete rigid frame

Opened
  
1938

Built
  
1938

NRHP Reference #
  
02001135

Added to NRHP
  
15 October 2002

Plum Bush Creek Bridge

Location
  
US 36 at milepost 138.16, Last Chance, Colorado

MPS
  
Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS

Similar
  
Geneva Glen Camp, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Grays Peak Trail, C Lazy U Ranch

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.

It was deemed 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.

References

Plum Bush Creek Bridge Wikipedia