Location: Basalt, CO
Owner: Garfield County Board of County Commissioners
Engineer: Loris and Associates
Completion: 2011
Project Highlights
-The Satank Bridge built in 1900, is both the longest span timber truss bridge in the state, and also the last of the timber truss bridges still in use in Colorado.
-The 2010 Satank Bridge rehabilitation project involved lifting the original bridge from it’s base, structurally rehabilitating the trusses and decking, restoring the original sandstone masonry abutments, constructing rock wall retaining structures alongside the bridge abutments, and site restoration.