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DFU Elk Mountain Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The bridge in 1982
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Nearest city	Elk Mountain, Wyoming
Coordinates	41°41′13″N 106°24′47″W / 41.68694°N 106.41306°W / 41.68694; -106.41306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1923 (1923)
Built by	D. B. Miller
Architectural style	Warren pony truss
MPS	Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
NRHP reference No.	85000416
Added to NRHP	February 22, 1985

The DFU Elk Mountain Bridge was a Warren pony truss bridge located near Elk Mountain, Wyoming, which carried Carbon County Road 120-1 over the Medicine Bow River. The bridge was built in 1823 by contractor D. B. Miller. While the bridge's design is mainly a Warren truss, the top chord of the bridge is reminiscent of a Parker truss. At 102 feet (31 m) long, the bridge is the longest of its design in the Wyoming county highway system.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places 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.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Wyoming

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Fraser, Clayton B. (May 24, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
3. "Dilapidated historic bridge over river in southern Wyoming to be replaced".

External links

Media related to Medicine Bow Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WY-61, "Medicine Bow Bridge, Spanning Medicine Bow River on County Road 3, Elk Mountain, Carbon County, WY", 15 photos, 11 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
• Photos from the NRHP nomination

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Wyoming
National Historic Landmark	Ames Monument
Historic districts	Arlington Brush Creek Work Center Como Bluff Downtown Rawlins Historic District Headquarters Park Historic District Medicine Bow Airport Muddy Creek Archeological Complex Parco Historic District Powder Wash Archeological District Rawlins Residential Historic District Ryan Ranch Wyoming State Penitentiary
Historic properties	Garrett Allen Prehistoric Site Jim Baker Cabin Boston Wyoming Smelter Site Bridger Pass Carbon Cemetery DFU Elk Mountain Bridge Divide Sheep Camp DMJ Pick Bridge DML Butler Bridge Duck Lake Station Site Elk Mountain Hotel George Ferris Mansion Ferris-Haggarty Mine Site First State Bank of Baggs Fort Halleck Fort Fred Steele Fossil Cabin France Memorial United Presbyterian Church Hanna Community Hall Hotel Wolf Hugus Hardware Jack Creek Guard Station J. O. Ranch Rural Historic Landscape Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot Midway Station Site Pine Grove Station Site Platte River Crossing Sage Creek Station Site Saratoga Masonic Hall Stockgrowers Bank Stone Wall Ranch Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Rawlins Virginian Hotel Washakie Station Site
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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