Black Squirrel Creek Bridge, Parker truss bridge near Colorado Springs, United States
The Black Squirrel Creek Bridge extends 226 feet in length and 31 feet in width, featuring a steel truss design with concrete abutments.
Completed in 1935 during major road reconstruction in El Paso County, the bridge was constructed by Charles B. Owen and A.S. Horner with Minneapolis-Moline fabrication.
The bridge represents transportation engineering advances of the 1930s and remains one of eight Parker through trusses that operated on Colorado highways.
Before its replacement in 2012, the bridge carried between 6,500 and 8,500 vehicles daily along U.S. Route 24 across Black Squirrel Creek.
The concrete abutments contain hollow sections with barred windows, which generated local stories about their use for chain gangs or World War II prisoners.
Location: Colorado
Architects: Colorado Department of Transportation
GPS coordinates: 39.00417,-104.51306
Latest update: September 23, 2025 16:46
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