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The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.

This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

Studies of Colorado's historic bridges, to assess which ones could qualify for National Register listing, were conducted in 1983, 1987, 2000, and 2011. The latter study evaluated "712 bridges and grade separations" which had been built during 1959 to 1968.[2]

Structures

Name Image Built Listed Location County Type
19th Street Bridge 1888 1985-02-04 Denver
39°45′36″N 105°0′12″W / 39.76000°N 105.00333°W / 39.76000; -105.00333 (19th Street Bridge)
Denver 2-span Pratt Through Truss
Alpine Tunnel Historic District 1879, 1881, 1910 1996-04-01 Hancock, Pitkin, Quartz Chaffee, Gunnison
Argo Tunnel and Mill Argo Gold Mine and Mill 1893 1978-01-31 Idaho Springs Clear Creek
Arkansas River Bridge Arkansas River Bridge 1937 1985-02-04 Buena Vista
38°48′49″N 106°6′12″W / 38.81361°N 106.10333°W / 38.81361; -106.10333 (Arkansas River Bridge)
Chaffee Pratt Deck Truss
Avondale Bridge 1913 1985-02-04 Avondale
38°14′32″N 104°20′54″W / 38.24222°N 104.34833°W / 38.24222; -104.34833 (Avondale Bridge)
Pueblo Luten Arch
Big Thompson River Bridge III 2002-10-15 Loveland
40°24′54″N 105°11′42″W / 40.41500°N 105.19500°W / 40.41500; -105.19500 (Big Thompson River Bridge III)
Larimer Camelback pony truss
Big Thompson River Bridge IV 2002-10-15 Loveland
40°25′7″N 105°10′47″W / 40.41861°N 105.17972°W / 40.41861; -105.17972 (Big Thompson River Bridge IV)
Larimer Camelback pony truss
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Falcon
39°0′12″N 104°30′46″W / 39.00333°N 104.51278°W / 39.00333; -104.51278 (Black Squirrel Creek Bridge)
El Paso Parker through truss
Boulder Creek Bridge 1953 2003-03-11 Boulder
40°0′52″N 105°19′12″W / 40.01444°N 105.32000°W / 40.01444; -105.32000 (Boulder Creek Bridge)
Boulder Concrete slab and girder
Bridge No. 10/Adelaide Bridge 1894 1985-02-04 Florence
38°34′17″N 105°5′10″W / 38.57139°N 105.08611°W / 38.57139; -105.08611 (Bridge No. 10/Adelaide Bridge)
Fremont Built-up Deck Girder bridge
Bridge over Burro Canon 1936 1985-02-04 Madrid
37°7′26″N 104°44′26″W / 37.12389°N 104.74056°W / 37.12389; -104.74056 (Bridge over Burro Canon)
Las Animas Stone Multiplate Deck Arch
Bridge over Fountain Creek Bridge over Fountain Creek 1932 1985-02-04 Manitou Springs
38°52′12″N 104°55′30″W / 38.87000°N 104.92500°W / 38.87000; -104.92500 (Bridge over Fountain Creek)
El Paso Open Spandral Deck Arch
Browns's Canyon Bridge Brown's Canyon Bridge 1908 2013-07-30 Salida Chaffee Concrete slab and girder
Cherry Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Franktown
39°19′52″N 104°44′2″W / 39.33111°N 104.73389°W / 39.33111; -104.73389 (Cherry Creek Bridge)
Douglas Two-rib open-spandrel arch
Colorado River Bridge Colorado River Bridge 2002-10-15 De Beque
39°20′20″N 108°11′36″W / 39.33889°N 108.19333°W / 39.33889; -108.19333 (Colorado River Bridge)
Mesa Parker through truss
Costilla Crossing Bridge Costilla Crossing Bridge 1892 1985-02-04 Antonito
37°4′43″N 105°45′22″W / 37.07861°N 105.75611°W / 37.07861; -105.75611 (Costilla Crossing Bridge)
Conejos Thatcher Through Truss
Cottonwood Creek Bridge 1923 2001-10-12 Colorado Springs
38°55′43″N 104°48′35″W / 38.92861°N 104.80972°W / 38.92861; -104.80972 (Cottonwood Creek Bridge)
El Paso cantilevered concrete girder
D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle ca. 1880 1976-06-18 Cimarron
38°27′2″N 107°36′8″W / 38.45056°N 107.60222°W / 38.45056; -107.60222 (D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle)
Montrose Pratt truss
Dolores River Bridge 2002-10-15 Bedrock
38°18′38″N 108°53′09″W / 38.31067°N 108.88577°W / 38.31067; -108.88577 (Dolores River Bridge)
Montrose Pennsylvania through truss
Dotsero Bridge 2002-10-15 Dotsero
39°38′57″N 107°3′47″W / 39.64917°N 107.06306°W / 39.64917; -107.06306 (Dotsero Bridge)
Eagle Parker through truss
Douglas Crossing Bridge 1936 1985-02-04 Granada
37°47′43″N 102°15′20″W / 37.79528°N 102.25556°W / 37.79528; -102.25556 (Douglas Crossing Bridge)
Prowers Stone Ashlar Filled Arch
Eagle River Bridge Eagle River Bridge 1933 2002-10-15 Eagle
39°39′36″N 106°48′55″W / 39.66000°N 106.81528°W / 39.66000; -106.81528 (Eagle River Bridge)
Eagle Parker through truss
F Street Bridge F Street Bridge 1907 1985-02-04 Salida
38°32′16″N 105°59′33″W / 38.53778°N 105.99250°W / 38.53778; -105.99250 (F Street Bridge)
Chaffee Luten Arch
Fruita Bridge Fruita Bridge 1906 1985-02-04 Fruita
39°8′13″N 108°43′50″W / 39.13694°N 108.73056°W / 39.13694; -108.73056 (Fruita Bridge)
Mesa Parker Through Truss
Granada Bridge Granada Bridge 2002-10-15 Granada
38°5′38″N 102°18′37″W / 38.09389°N 102.31028°W / 38.09389; -102.31028 (Granada Bridge)
Prowers Steel I-beam stringer
Great Western Sugar Company Effluent Flume and Bridge 2014-11-14 Fort Collins, Colorado
40°24′42″N 105°02′43″W / 40.41167°N 105.04528°W / 40.41167; -105.04528 (Great Western Sugar Company Effluent Flume and Bridge)
Larimer Suspension bridge
Gunnison River Bridge I Gunnison River Bridge I 2002-10-15 Gunnison
38°31′58″N 106°57′6″W / 38.53278°N 106.95167°W / 38.53278; -106.95167 (Gunnison River Bridge I)
Gunnison Pratt through truss
Gunnison River Bridge II Gunnison River Bridge II 2002-10-15 Gunnison
38°32′2″N 106°56′55″W / 38.53389°N 106.94861°W / 38.53389; -106.94861 (Gunnison River Bridge II)
Gunnison Pratt through truss
Gunnison Tunnel Opening of the Gunnison Tunnel 1901, 1909 1979-07-22 Montrose Montrose Irrigation tunnel
Hay's Ranch Bridge 1900 1985-02-04 Meeker
40°0′48″N 108°5′32″W / 40.01333°N 108.09222°W / 40.01333; -108.09222 (Hay's Ranch Bridge)
Rio Blanco Pratt Pony Truss
Huerfano Bridge 1921 1985-02-04 Boone
38°13′32″N 104°15′39″W / 38.22556°N 104.26083°W / 38.22556; -104.26083 (Huerfano Bridge)
Pueblo Filled Spandrel Arch
Labo Del Rio Bridge 1913 1985-06-24 Arboles
37°4′33″N 107°24′17″W / 37.07583°N 107.40472°W / 37.07583; -107.40472 (Labo Del Rio Bridge)
Archuleta Pratt through truss
Lebanon and Everett Mine Tunnels ca. 1870 1971-10-07 Silver Plume
39°41′54″N 105°42′47″W / 39.69833°N 105.71306°W / 39.69833; -105.71306 (Lebanon and Everett Mine Tunnels)
Clear Creek
Little Fountain Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Widefield
38°40′36″N 104°50′55″W / 38.67667°N 104.84861°W / 38.67667; -104.84861 (Little Fountain Creek Bridge)
El Paso Steel multiplate arch
Little Thompson River Bridge 2002-10-15 Berthoud
40°18′3″N 104°58′44″W / 40.30083°N 104.97889°W / 40.30083; -104.97889 (Little Thompson River Bridge)
Weld Camelback pony truss
Main Street Bridge 2002-10-15 Florence
38°23′21″N 105°6′48″W / 38.38917°N 105.11333°W / 38.38917; -105.11333 (Main Street Bridge)
Fremont Spandrel arch
Maitland Arroyo Bridge 2002-10-15 Walsenburg
37°39′57″N 104°50′0″W / 37.66583°N 104.83333°W / 37.66583; -104.83333 (Maitland Arroyo Bridge)
Huerfano Timber stringer
Manitou Springs Bridges 1906, 1907 1985-06-24 Manitou Springs
38°51′30″N 104°54′57″W / 38.85833°N 104.91583°W / 38.85833; -104.91583 (Manitou Springs Bridges)
El Paso Stone arch
Maroon Creek Bridge 1888, 1929 1985-02-04 Aspen
39°11′43″N 106°50′2″W / 39.19528°N 106.83389°W / 39.19528; -106.83389 (Maroon Creek Bridge)
Pitkin Multi-span Trestle Bridge
Miner Street Bridge Miner Street Bridge 1901 1985-02-04 Idaho Springs
39°39′40″N 105°30′45″W / 39.66111°N 105.51250°W / 39.66111; -105.51250 (Miner Street Bridge)
Clear Creek Skewed Pratt Pony Truss
Morley Bridge Morley Bridge 1881 2003-08-14 Romley
38°40′30″N 106°21′51″W / 38.67500°N 106.36417°W / 38.67500; -106.36417 (Morley Bridge)
Chaffee Pratt deck truss
North St. Vrain Creek Bridge North St. Vrain Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Lyons
40°13′22″N 105°16′17″W / 40.22278°N 105.27139°W / 40.22278; -105.27139 (North St. Vrain Creek Bridge)
Boulder Concrete rigid frame
Plum Bush Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Last Chance
39°44′23″N 103°32′43″W / 39.73972°N 103.54528°W / 39.73972; -103.54528 (Plum Bush Creek Bridge)
Washington Concrete rigid frame
Portland Bridge 1926 1985-02-04 Portland
38°23′19″N 105°0′56″W / 38.38861°N 105.01556°W / 38.38861; -105.01556 (Portland Bridge)
Fremont Pratt Semi-deck Truss
Prowers Bridge 1902, 1906, 1909 1985-02-04 Prowers
38°5′37″N 102°46′3″W / 38.09361°N 102.76750°W / 38.09361; -102.76750 (Prowers Bridge)
Bent Camelback & Pratt Through
Rainbow Arch Bridge Rainbow Arch Bridge 1923 1985-02-04 Fort Morgan
40°16′9″N 103°48′2″W / 40.26917°N 103.80056°W / 40.26917; -103.80056 (Rainbow Arch Bridge)
Morgan Fixed Rainbow (Marsh) Arch
Red Cliff Bridge Red Cliff Bridge 1940 1985-02-04 Red Cliff
39°30′29″N 106°22′34″W / 39.50806°N 106.37611°W / 39.50806; -106.37611 (Red Cliff Bridge)
Eagle Deck Arch Bridge
Rifle Bridge Rifle Bridge 1909 1985-02-04 Rifle
39°31′41″N 107°46′51″W / 39.52806°N 107.78083°W / 39.52806; -107.78083 (Rifle Bridge)
Garfield Pennsylvania/Parker Truss
Rio Grande Railroad Viaduct 1931 2002-10-15 Florence
38°23′10″N 105°4′18″W / 38.38611°N 105.07167°W / 38.38611; -105.07167 (Rio Grande Railroad Viaduct)
Fremont Cantilevered deck girder
Rito Seco Creek Culvert 1936 2002-10-15 San Luis
37°12′0″N 105°25′34″W / 37.20000°N 105.42611°W / 37.20000; -105.42611 (Rito Seco Creek Culvert)
Costilla Multiplate arch
Rouch Gulch Bridge 1934 2002-11-27 Swissvale
38°28′20″N 105°52′38″W / 38.47222°N 105.87722°W / 38.47222; -105.87722 (Rouch Gulch Bridge)
Fremont Concrete spandrel arch
Royal Gorge Bridge and Incline Railway 1929, 1931 1983-09-02 Canon City Fremont Suspension bridge
San Luis Bridge 1911 1985-02-04 San Luis
37°11′37″N 105°25′49″W / 37.19361°N 105.43028°W / 37.19361; -105.43028 (San Luis Bridge)
Costilla Open Spandrel Arch
San Luis Southern Railway Trestle aka Rattlesnake Trestle San Luis Southern Railway Trestle 1910 2004-01-06 Blanca
37°23′12″N 105°32′51″W / 37.38667°N 105.54750°W / 37.38667; -105.54750 (San Luis Southern Railway Trestle)
Costilla Railroad Trestle
Santa Fe Avenue Bridge Santa Fe Ave. Bridge 2002-10-15 Pueblo
38°15′15″N 104°36′23″W / 38.25417°N 104.60639°W / 38.25417; -104.60639 (Santa Fe Avenue Bridge)
Pueblo Pennsylvania through truss
Satank Bridge Satank Bridge 1900 1985-02-04 Carbondale
39°25′2″N 107°13′48″W / 39.41722°N 107.23000°W / 39.41722; -107.23000 (Satank Bridge)
Garfield Pratt Through Truss
Sevenmile Bridge 1935, 1981 1985-07-11 Creede
37°47′33″N 106°58′51″W / 37.79250°N 106.98083°W / 37.79250; -106.98083 (Sevenmile Bridge)
Mineral Pratt deck truss
Sheely Bridge 1911, 1966 1985-02-04 Aspen
39°11′27″N 106°48′46″W / 39.19083°N 106.81278°W / 39.19083; -106.81278 (Sheely Bridge)
Pitkin Pratt Through Truss
Slate Creek Bridge 1924 1985-06-24 Slate Creek
39°47′0″N 106°9′43″W / 39.78333°N 106.16194°W / 39.78333; -106.16194 (Slate Creek Bridge)
Summit Parker Pony truss
South Canon Bridge 1914 1985-02-04 Glenwood Springs
39°33′42″N 107°24′23″W / 39.56167°N 107.40639°W / 39.56167; -107.40639 (South Canon Bridge)
Garfield Pennsylvania Through Truss
South Platte River Bridge South Platte River Bridge 1920 2018-03-22 Lake George
38°59′11″N 105°21′48″W / 38.98639°N 105.36333°W / 38.98639; -105.36333 (South Platte River Bridge)
Park Standard-plan concrete deck and girder
South Platte River Bridges South Platte River Bridges 1951 2002-10-15 Denver
39°44′36″N 105°0′56″W / 39.74333°N 105.01556°W / 39.74333; -105.01556 (South Platte River Bridges)
Denver Girder-ribbed deck arch
Spring Creek Bridge Spring Creek Bridge 1929 2002-10-15 Vona
39°18′1″N 102°43′41″W / 39.30028°N 102.72806°W / 39.30028; -102.72806 (Spring Creek Bridge)
Kit Carson Concrete Slab
St. Charles Bridge 1924 1985-02-04 Pueblo
38°12′3″N 104°32′46″W / 38.20083°N 104.54611°W / 38.20083; -104.54611 (St. Charles Bridge)
Pueblo Filled Spandrel Arch carrying a county road
St. Charles River Bridge 1942 2003-10-15 Devine Pueblo Parker through truss carrying U.S. 50. Demolished in 2005 but still listed on the NRHP in 2021.
State Bridge 1890 1985-06-24 State Bridge
39°51′29″N 106°38′54″W / 39.85806°N 106.64833°W / 39.85806; -106.64833 (State Bridge)
Eagle Howe truss
Sutherland Bridge Sutherland Bridge 1924 1985-02-04 Del Norte
37°39′48.89″N 106°17′47.11″W / 37.6635806°N 106.2964194°W / 37.6635806; -106.2964194 (Sutherland Bridge)
Rio Grande Warren Pony Truss
West Plum Bush Creek Bridge 2002-10-15 Last Chance
39°44′23″N 103°36′40″W / 39.73972°N 103.61111°W / 39.73972; -103.61111 (West Plum Bush Creek Bridge)
Washington Concrete rigid frame
Wheeler Bridge 1924 1985-02-04 Del Norte
37°39′29″N 106°17′20″W / 37.65806°N 106.28889°W / 37.65806; -106.28889 (Wheeler Bridge)
Rio Grande Howe Pony Truss
14th Street Viaduct 14th Street Viaduct 1898
removed 1994-07-22
Denver Denver steel stringer viaduct
20th Street Viaduct 1909
removed 1994-07-22
Denver Denver Deck Girder/Through Truss
Avery Bridges 1914
removed 2002-09-16
Hoehne and Aguilar Las Animas Avery pony truss
Big Thompson River Bridge I 2002-10-15
removed 2010-11-29
Estes Park
40°22′49″N 105°28′19″W / 40.38028°N 105.47194°W / 40.38028; -105.47194 (Big Thompson River Bridge I)
Larimer Camelback pony truss
Big Thompson River Bridge II 2002-10-15
removed 2010-11-29
Estes Park
40°23′22″N 105°27′49″W / 40.38944°N 105.46361°W / 40.38944; -105.46361 (Big Thompson River Bridge II)
Larimer Camelback pony truss
Black Bridge Black Bridge 1891
removed 1994-07-22
Grand Junction Mesa Pratt Through Truss
Broadway Bridge Broadway Bridge 1895
removed 1995-02-27
Denver Denver Open-Web Deck Girder
Commercial Street Bridge Commercial Street Bridge 1905
removed 1994-07-22
Trinidad Las Animas Luten Arch
Delta Bridge Delta Bridge 1923
removed 1994-07-22
Delta Delta 4-span Parker Through Truss
Elson Bridge Elson Bridge 1905
removed 2002-09-16
El Moro Las Animas Pratt Through Truss
Escalante Canon Bridge 1890, 1908, 1938
removed 1994-07-22
Delta Delta Camelback Through Truss
Fourth Street Bridge 1891 1985-02-04
removed 2010-1-14
Canon City
38°26′22″N 105°13′52″W / 38.43944°N 105.23111°W / 38.43944; -105.23111 (Fourth Street Bridge)
Fremont Pratt Through Truss
Fifth Street Bridge Fifth Street Bridge 1933
removed 1994-07-22
Grand Junction Mesa Parker Through Truss
Four Mile Bridge Four Mile Bridge 1900
removed 1994-07-22
Steamboat Springs Routt Pratt Through Truss
Hortense Bridge Hortense Bridge 1880
removed 1997-04-14
Nathrop Chaffee Queenpost Pony Truss
Hotchkiss Bridge Hotchkiss Bridge 1911
removed 1994-07-22
Hotchkiss Delta Camelback Through Truss
Howard Bridge 1924
removed 2002-09-16
Howard Fremont Warren Pony Truss Bridge
Manzanola Bridge Manzanola Bridge 1911, 1950
removed 1994-07-22
Manzanola Crowley Pennsylvania through truss
Masonic Park Bridge 1909, 1933
removed 1994-07-22
South Fork Rio Grande Pratt Through Truss
Nepesta Bridge 1905
removed 1994-07-22
Boone Pueblo Pratt Through Truss
Roubideau Bridge Roubideau Bridge 1911
removed 1994-07-22
Delta Delta Warren Through Truss
Whiskey Creek Trestle 1905
removed 1987-11-25
Rangely Rio Blanco
Wolcott Bridge 2002-10-15
removed 2012-3-12
Wolcott
39°42′6″N 106°40′39″W / 39.70167°N 106.67750°W / 39.70167; -106.67750 (Wolcott Bridge)
Eagle Luten arch

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38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W / 38.9972; -105.5478 (State of Colorado)