Rito Seco Creek Culvert – San Luis CO

City:
San Luis, CO

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

“Consisting of two 18-foot spans, the steel multiplate arch culvert is faced with local volcanic fieldstone. Constructed in 1936, the culvert remains intact as a good example of one of the smaller bridges built by the Works Progress Administration during the years of the Great Depression.”   (www.historycolorado.org)

Source notes

www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/.../1622.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Colorado

Location Info


Colorado 142
San Luis, CO 81152

Coordinates: 37.200277, -105.42643

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