Original Dewey Bridge (site)
USA /
Utah /
Castle Valley /
World
/ USA
/ Utah
/ Castle Valley
World / United States / Utah
abandoned / shut down, bridge, suspension bridge
One-lane suspension bridge. Built to carry vehicles. Now a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. The Dewey bridge is a 502 feet (153 m) bridge that carried SR-128 across the Colorado River. The Dewey bridge was completed in 1916 and closed to automobile traffic in 1988 when its replacement opened. The bridge consists of 2 metal towers, an all wood deck, 2 runs of 7 cables on either side of the bridge deck, and concrete cable anchors. The bridge was designed to support the weight of 6 horses, 3 wagons, and 9000 pounds of freight. As the bridge deck is only 8 feet (2.4 m) feet wide, many wider vehicles had to fold in mirrors in order to safely cross the bridge. Signs directed eastbound traffic to yield to westbound traffic and for only one automobile to be on the bridge at a time. According to a plaque on the west approach of the bridge, on the day of its completion it was the 2nd longest cable suspension bridge in the US west of the Mississippi River. The bridge remains the longest suspension bridge in Utah. Photo taken from Roberts Mesa (to the east): www.pbase.com/listorama/image/54775954/medium.
Photos www.pbase.com/listorama/pl_ut_dewey .
Destroyed by fire by a 7-year-old Boy from Grand Junction Colo. 04-06-08.tjc
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM56W5
bridgehunter.com/ut/grand/dewey/
Photos www.pbase.com/listorama/pl_ut_dewey .
Destroyed by fire by a 7-year-old Boy from Grand Junction Colo. 04-06-08.tjc
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM56W5
bridgehunter.com/ut/grand/dewey/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Bridge#Dewey_Bridge
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°48'41"N 109°18'11"W
- North and South Window 24 km
- The Windows Section 25 km
- Landscape Arch 27 km
- Double O 28 km
- Arches National Park 37 km
- Thimble Rock Point 51 km
- Lake Fork Bridge 178 km
- Middle Bridge 182 km
- Old Railroad Grade and Bridge 270 km
- Old Railroad Grade and Trestle Bridge 273 km
- Dome Plateau 10 km
- Fisher Towers 10 km
- Richardson amphitheater 12 km
- Fisher Mesa 17 km
- Adobe Mesa 20 km
- Beaver Creek Canyon 23 km
- Off-Road Race Track 25 km
- Gateway Canyons Resort 31 km
- La Sal Mountains or La Sal Range 38 km
- Sinbad Valley 42 km