ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek

	ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Sheridan, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°44′35″N 107°7′45″W / 44.74306°N 107.12917°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913–1914
Architect	Canton Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt pony truss
MPS	Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
NRHP reference No.	85000435
Added to NRHP	February 22, 1985

The ECS Bridge over Big Goose Creek was a bridge near Sheridan, Wyoming, that was built in 1914. It was a Pratt pony truss bridge built by the Canton Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The Canton Bridge Company built four steel bridges in Wyoming in 1914; when nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, the ECS Bridge was the only one of these surviving in its original location.^[2] It was 50 feet (15 m) long and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide.^[2]^: 7

It was one of 171 Wyoming bridges surveyed in a study that led to the nomination of 31 of them for NRHP listing.^[2] The ECS bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.^[1]

Two other Canton Bridge Company bridges in Wyoming are also listed on the NRHP:

EDL Peloux Bridge, County Road CN16-40, in or near Buffalo, Wyoming and
EDZ Irigary Bridge, County Road CN16-254, in or near Sussex, Wyoming.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fraser, Clayton B. (May 24, 1982). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR". National Park Service.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WY-69, "Big Goose Creek Bridge, County Road 5, Sheridan, Sheridan County, WY", 3 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
NRHP Registration and Accompanying three photos, from 1982

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[WYbridgesTR-2] Fraser, Clayton B. (May 24, 1982). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR". National Park Service.

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