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AJX Bridge over South Fork and Powder River

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vehicular bridges during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A truss bridge can carry the roadbed on top, in the middle, or underneath the truss. Bridges with the roadbed at the top or the bottom are the most common as this allows both the top and bottom to be stiffened, forming a box truss. When the roadbed is atop the truss it is called a
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is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. The steel truss cantilever bridge was a major engineering breakthrough since it can span distances of over 1,500 feet (460 m). The AJX bridge is the only surviving cantilevered deck
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bridge was invented in 1844 by Thomas and Caleb Pratt. A Pratt truss has vertical members and diagonals that slope down towards the center. The interior diagonals are under tension, and the vertical elements are under compression. Pratt truss bridges were the preferred design for medium-span
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South Fork Powder River Bridge, On West Service Road of I-25, Kaycee vicinity, Johnson County, WY
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Wyoming
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Wyoming
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
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The AJX Bridge was built in 1931–32 by the Omaha Steel Works of
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
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National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Wyoming
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Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement Historic Bridges
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Buildings and structures in Johnson County, Wyoming
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AJX Bridge over South Fork and Powder River is located in Wyoming
AJX Bridge over South Fork and Powder River is located in the United States
Kaycee, Wyoming
43°37′13″N 106°34′37″W / 43.62028°N 106.57694°W / 43.62028; -106.57694
Omaha Steel Works
MPS
Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR
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Pratt truss
Johnson County, Wyoming
Powder River
Kaycee, Wyoming
U.S. Route 87
National Register of Historic Places
Multiple Property Submission
Pratt truss
deck truss
cantilever bridge
Omaha, Nebraska
Wyoming Highway Department
U.S. Route 87
Interstate 25
service road
Kaycee, Wyoming
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
HAER photo of AJX Bridge
HAER

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