Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge

The Hurricane-La Verkin Bridge spans the Virgin River, connecting the towns of Hurricane and LaVerkin in southern Utah, United States.

Hurricane--LaVerkin Bridge
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge in 1993
Location in Utah
Location in United States
LocationE of Utah State Route 9 over the Virgin R., Hurricane, Utah
Coordinates37°11′22″N 113°16′13″W
AreaLess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Built byMidland Bridge Company
NRHP reference No.95000413[1]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 1995

Description

The five-panel steel Warren pony truss spans 75 feet (23 m), and is supported by concrete-filled steel cylinder piers. It is one of the oldest Warren pony truss bridges in Utah, built in 1908 by the Midland Bridge Company.[2]

The Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1995.[1]

View across Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge in 1993
gollark: I'm sure you'd like to think I'd like to think so.
gollark: Generally incorrect (although the initial prototypes *were* built out of the chassis of a GTech™ Powered Hammer®).
gollark: The orbital packet cannons would be much busier if we did every centiyear.
gollark: No, every real year from the perspective of the original scanee.
gollark: IKR, right? It's not even necessary to pay you, although you do receive yearly gift baskets because we're nice.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Osborne, Julie W. (Jan 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 26 Mar 2014.


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