The ERT Bridge over Black's Fork near Fort Bridger, Wyoming

Fort Bridger, Wyoming

Fort Bridger is a census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 400 at the 2000 census. The town takes its name from the eponymous Fort Bridger established in 1842.-Geography:...

 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1985 as part of a thematic study on early 20th century steel 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...

s 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...

. The ERT Bridge is a Warren

Warren Truss

Warren Errol Truss , Australian politician, is the current leader of the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of Australia. He has held the House of Representatives seat of Wide Bay since the 1990 election...

 pony truss bridge spanning 80 feet (24.4 m) with a width of 15.75 feet (4.8 m). Set on concrete abutments, the ERT Bridge was built around 1920 by Uinta County

Uinta County, Wyoming

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,742 people, 6,823 households, and 5,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 8,011 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

. It is an example of a transitional design from locally-built bridges to standardized State designs