Bridge over Burro Cañon
Las Animas County
Completed in 1936, the bridge consists of three skewed semicircular arches with multiplates fabricated by the Hardesty Manufacturing Company. It features rusticated stone facing and grapevined mortar joints, trademarks of Works Progress Administration workmanship in southeastern Colorado.
Bridge over Burro Cañon (1980 photograph.)
It is Colorado’s only WPA bridge of skewed construction employing a multiplate liner. Listed under Highway Bridges in Colorado Multiple Property Submission.