DOE Bridge over Laramie River
Cty. Rd. CNA-740, Bosler, WYThe Wyoming Highway Department awarded the construction contract for this bridge in May 1926 to N.A. Swenson of Laramie as part of Federal Aid Project 1568. Originally located over the Laramie River on the Bosler-Laramie Road (the old Lincoln Highway, U.S. 30), this bridge was replaced in 1932 by two 100' spans, which were in turn replaced in 1947. Now located on a secondary county road north of Bosler, this bridge is distinguished somewhat as the only two-span Pratt Half-hip still in use in the state. It is one of the best examples of a relatively uncommon truss configuration.
Local significance of the structure:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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