Adelaide Bridge

 trestle (bridge), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, bridge, road bridge

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Historic former railroad bridge (now a road bridge) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1894
Designer: R.W. Stewart (Florence, CO)
Builder: Orman and Crook (Pueblo, CO)
Type: steel trestle w/ deck plate girder
Length: 210 feet
Carries: Phantom Canyon Road
Crosses: Eightmile Creek
Still in use: yes
Also known as: Bridge No. 10; Bridge over Eightmile Creek
Date added to NRHP: 2/4/1985
Other designations: part of the Highway Bridges in Colorado Multiple Property Submission; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This is the only surviving bridge originally built by the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad. It is one of numerous bridges constructed when the railroad extended its narrow gauge lines up Phantom Canyon into the Cripple Creek gold district. The bridge was converted to road use in 1912 when the railroad was abandoned.

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