DSD Bridge over Cheyenne River
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The DSD Bridge across the Cheyenne River
in Wyoming
is a single-span truss bridge
built circa 1915. The steel seven-panel Pennsylvania truss spans 130.67 feet (39.8 m) on Niobrara County Road CN14-46. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
as part of a thematic study of Wyoming river crossings in 1985.
Cheyenne River
The Cheyenne River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 295 mi long and drains an area of...
in Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
is a single-span truss bridge
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...
built circa 1915. The steel seven-panel Pennsylvania truss spans 130.67 feet (39.8 m) on Niobrara County Road CN14-46. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as part of a thematic study of Wyoming river crossings in 1985.
External links
- Photographs of the DSD Bridge at the National Park Service's NRHP database