Hayden Arch Bridge
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The Hayden Arch Bridge is a concrete arch bridge on old US 14-16 near Cody, Wyoming
. It is the only example of its kind in Wyoming. Built in 1924-25, the single-span bridge spans 115 feet (35.1 m) with two smaller approach arches between rock canyon walls. The bridge carries the Cody-Yellowstone Highway across the Shoshone River
with a shallow open-spandrel central arch and nominally-arched approach spans. The bridge is named after C.E. Hayden, an engineer with the Wyoming
State Highway Department, who designed the bridge and supervised its construction. It was built by H.S. Crocker of Denver, Colorado
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Cody, Wyoming
Cody is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The population was 9,520 at the 2010 census...
. It is the only example of its kind in Wyoming. Built in 1924-25, the single-span bridge spans 115 feet (35.1 m) with two smaller approach arches between rock canyon walls. The bridge carries the Cody-Yellowstone Highway across the Shoshone River
Shoshone River
The Shoshone River is long river in northern Wyoming in the United States. Its headwaters are in the Absaroka Range in Shoshone National Forest. It ends when it runs into the Big Horn River near Lovell, Wyoming. Cities it runs near or through are Cody, Powell, Byron, and Lovell. Near Cody, it...
with a shallow open-spandrel central arch and nominally-arched approach spans. The bridge is named after C.E. Hayden, an engineer with the Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
State Highway Department, who designed the bridge and supervised its construction. It was built by H.S. Crocker of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
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External links
- Hayden Arch Bridge, Spanning Shoshone River on Old U. S. 14/16, Cody vicinity, Park County, WY: 8 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Engineering Record
- Hayden Arch Bridge at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office