EJE Bridge over Shell Creek

United States historic place


EJE Bridge over Shell Creek
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The bridge in 1982
44°32′5″N 107°48′6″W / 44.53472°N 107.80167°W / 44.53472; -107.80167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920 (1920)
Built by	Midland Bridge Company
Architectural style	Warren pony truss
MPS	Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
NRHP reference No.	85000415^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 22, 1985

The EJE Bridge over Shell Creek is a Warren pony truss bridge located near Shell, Wyoming, which carries Big Horn County Road CN9-57 across Shell Creek. The bridge was built in 1920 by the Midland Bridge Company, the only firm to bid for the bridge contract. At 60 feet (18 m) long, it is the longest known example of a Warren pony truss bridge in Wyoming.^[2]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1985.^[1] It was one of several bridges added to the National Register for their role in the history of Wyoming bridge construction.^[2]

The Bridge was removed and replaced in 2005.

http://bridgehunter.com/wy/big-horn/EJE/

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b 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 2, 2013.

External links

Photos from the NRHP nomination
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WY-72, "Shell Creek Bridge, County Road 57, Shell vicinity, Big Horn County, WY"

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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