Palmer Divide Research

Santa Fe stone arch bridge

Railroad stations, depots and structuresHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Stone arch carrying the Santa Fe over Dirty Woman Creek; replaced by a concrete culvert, per the library's cataloger (PPLD records of survey B71). Probably the site of the Santa Fe bridge collapse of July 17, 1895 (inference; see that entry).

Where it was

Where the Santa Fe track crossed Dirty Woman Creek south of Monument (PPLD records of survey photos B71): the crossing of the old Santa Fe grade (New Santa Fe Regional Trail) and Dirty Woman Creek in OpenStreetMap (2026-10-05).

A feature drawn in OpenStreetMap, such as a park or a lake.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Santa Fe stone arch bridge?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.