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DFU Elk Mountain Bridge

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on February 15, 1995. It was one of several bridges added to the NRHP for its role in the history of Wyoming bridge construction. The bridge was replaced between 2017 and 2020.
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Medicine Bow Bridge, Spanning Medicine Bow River on County Road 3, Elk Mountain, Carbon County, WY
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DFU Elk Mountain Bridge is located in Wyoming
DFU Elk Mountain Bridge is located in the United States
Elk Mountain, Wyoming
41°41′13″N 106°24′47″W / 41.68694°N 106.41306°W / 41.68694; -106.41306
MPS
Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
85000416
Warren pony truss
Elk Mountain
Wyoming
Carbon County
Medicine Bow River
Parker truss
National Register of Historic Places
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Wyoming


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming"
National Park Service
"Dilapidated historic bridge over river in southern Wyoming to be replaced"

Medicine Bow Bridge
Historic American Engineering Record

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