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1930s

Burro Canyon Bridge

Burro Canyon Bridge is a 1936 steel multiplate arch culvert with Rustic stonework carrying SH 12 over Burro Canyon in Las Animas County, Colorado. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, it is one of the preservation-priority bridges featured in Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Historic Bridges of Colorado listing.

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Zaracillo Canyon Bridge

Zaracillo Canyon Bridge is a 1936 concrete slab and girder bridge carrying SH 12 over Zaracillo Canyon in Las Animas County, Colorado. Determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of the preservation-priority bridges featured in Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Historic Bridges of Colorado listing.

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Purgatoire River Bridge

Purgatoire River Bridge is a 1938 concrete-on-I-beam bridge carrying SH 12 over the Middle Fork of the Purgatoire River in Las Animas County, Colorado. Determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of the preservation-priority bridges featured in Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Historic Bridges of Colorado listing.

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Rito Seco Creek Culvert

Rito Seco Creek Culvert is a 1936 steel multiplate arch culvert with Rustic stonework in Costilla County, Colorado. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, it is one of the preservation-priority bridges featured in Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Historic Bridges of Colorado listing.

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Rouch Gulch Bridge

The Rouch Gulch Bridge in Fremont County is a 1934 reinforced, filled-spandrel concrete arch bridge carrying US 50 over Spring Creek. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it is a preservation-priority historic bridge and an early intact example of Colorado Highway Department concrete arch design.

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Arkansas River Bridge (1937, Chaffee County)

The Arkansas River Bridge in Chaffee County is a 1937 steel deck truss bridge carrying US 24 over the Arkansas River. It is a preservation-priority historic bridge and an important surviving example of steel deck truss construction in Colorado.

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Plum Bush Creek Bridge

The Plum Bush Creek Bridge in Washington County is a 1938 concrete rigid frame bridge carrying US 36 over Plum Bush Creek. It is a preservation-priority historic bridge associated with rural highway development on Colorado’s eastern plains.

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West Plum Bush Creek Bridge

The West Plum Bush Creek Bridge near Last Chance is a 1938 concrete rigid frame bridge carrying US 36 over West Plum Bush Creek. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it is a rare rural example of its bridge type and a preservation-priority historic bridge.

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Kit Carson Museum

This building housed German POWs and Jamaican Farm Workers. It is believed to be the last building standing associated with either themes.

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