Railroad Bridges in Dickinson CountyKansas


Dickinson County is located in central Kansas. The seat and largest city are both Abilene.

Random Bridges

A&SV Smoky Hill River Bridge

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A&SV Smoky Hill River Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #1935-S)

This quadrangular lattice through truss carries a tourist railroad over the Smoky Hill River west of Abilene

Enterprise, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1887

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Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway

Design: 2-110' quadrangular lattice through trusses and trestle

Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Smoky Hill River

Significance:

Regional

A&SV Stone Arch Culvert (Enterprise)

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A&SV Stone Arch Culvert (Enterprise)

This small stone arch culvert crosses an unnamed creek east of Enterprise

Enterprise, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1887

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Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 6' stone arch culvert

Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Abilene)

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BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Abilene)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #58.6)

This steel stringer bridge crossed Mud Creek along Cherry Street in Abilene

Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1959

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Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design: 1-52', 1-50' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Lost steel stringer bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

Minimal

BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Talmage, South)

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BNSF Mud Creek Bridge (Talmage, South)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #64.2)

This through plate girder bridge crosses Mud Creek south of Talmage

Talmage, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1941 using a span fabricated c. 1905

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American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design: 70' through plate girder and trestle

Through plate girder bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Smoky Hill River Bridge (Enterprise)

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BNSF Smoky Hill River Bridge (Enterprise)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #52.4)

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Smoky Hill River in Enterprise

Enterprise, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911

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American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design: 2-103' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Through plate girder bridge over Smoky Hill River

Significance:

Local