The South Canon Bridge is a

truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...

footbridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...

spanning the

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...

near

Glenwood Springs, Colorado Glenwood Springs is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 9,963 at the 2020 Uni ...

. It was built in 1915 by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. It was listed on the

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(reference number 85000212) in 1985.). It was built during 1914-15 and has a

Pennsylvania truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

design, with 10 panels. It was built by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company for $9430. It is long. It brought County Road 134 over the Colorado River about west of Glenwood Springs With It is now closed to vehicular traffic, and used as a

pedestrian bridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...

.
Vehicular Bridges in Colorado TR

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Bridges over the Colorado River Former road bridges in the United States Pedestrian bridges in Colorado Truss bridges in the United States Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Bridges completed in 1915 National Register of Historic Places in Garfield County, Colorado Transportation buildings and structures in Garfield County, Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub

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