Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge

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| name = Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge

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| image = FORT SUMNER RAILROAD BRIDGE.jpg

| caption =

| nearest_city= Fort Sumner, New Mexico

| coordinates = {{coord|34|29|06|N|104|15|31|W|source:NRIS2013a|name=Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New Mexico

| built = 1905

| builder = Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

| architecture = Plate-girder design

| added = March 21, 1979

| area = {{convert|4|acre|ha}}

| refnum = 79001539{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge, over the Pecos River {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

It is a plate-girder design bridge, {{convert|1500|ft|m}} in length, built by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It consists of fifteen {{convert|100|ft|m}} Class AA Deck Plate Girders supported by 14 concrete piers and two concrete winged abutments. It rises {{convert|77|ft|m}}.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79001539}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge |publisher=National Park Service|author=William L. Cumiford |date=March 2, 1978 |accessdate=January 29, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=79001539|photos=y|title=accompanying four photos from 1977, 1905, 1907}}

References

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{{National Register of Historic Places}}

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Category:Bridges in New Mexico

Category:National Register of Historic Places in De Baca County, New Mexico

Category:Bridges completed in 1905

Category:1905 establishments in New Mexico Territory

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