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Located southeast of Pleasant Hill, this small concrete encased beam bridge crosses an unnamed tributary of Big Creek just west of 203rd Street.
Built 1904, this bridge is a single encased beam span, set onto concrete abutments. It is believed that the bridge was erected by Stubbs-Flick-Johnson Construction Company of Kansas City.
After sitting abandoned for many years, the bridge was converted to a trail in 2016. It is not entirely known if this bridge is a slab, as a track profile suggests; or a concrete encased I-Beam, as historic reports suggest.
Overall, the bridge appears to be in good condition. As part of the conversion to a trail, a new steel stringer bridge was placed over the top of the existing bridge. It is likely this solution was cheaper than adding handrails or filling the existing bridge.
The author has ranked this bridge as being locally significant, due to the common design.
The photo above is an overview.