Railroad Bridges in Kansas


Kansas is a state located in the Great Plains of the Midwest. Numerous railroads throughout the state serve a diverse variety of industries.

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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

by

Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 6' stone arch culvert

Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

Southwind Rail Trail - Elm Creek Bridge

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Southwind Rail Trail - Elm Creek Bridge

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #110B)

This unique double-barreled Pratt through truss bridge carries the Southwind Rail Trail across Elm Creek

Iola, Allen County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1890 and 1900; strengthened 1921 using trusses fabricated 1898

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Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and unknown

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

Design: 164' double-barreled Pratt through truss and 2-60' deck plate girders

Double-barreled Pratt through truss bridge over Elm Creek

Significance:

High

Pine Street Overpass (Melvern)

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Pine Street Overpass (Melvern)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #79.7)

This Pratt through truss bridge was constructed using a secondhand railroad span to carry Pine Street

Melvern, Osage County, Kansas

Owner: City of Melvern

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1909 using a span fabricated c. 1890

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Unknown

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

Design: 140' Pratt through truss

Pratt through truss bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Regional

BNSF Kill Creek Bridge (North)

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BNSF Kill Creek Bridge (North)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #10.8)

This through plate girder bridge is one of two parallel bridges across Kill Creek in De Soto

De Soto, Johnson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1907

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American Bridge Company of New York

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

Design: 106' through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over Kill Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Buffalo Creek Bridge (Concordia)

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BNSF Buffalo Creek Bridge (Concordia)

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #117.3)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Buffalo Creek northwest of Concordia

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

Unknown

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

Design: 3-60' deck plate girders

Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

Local