Railroad Bridges in , Kansas


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Shoal Creek Interurban Bridge

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Shoal Creek Interurban Bridge

This large abandoned concrete arch is one of the remaining bridges from the Southwest Missouri Electric Railway in the area

Lowell, Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1918

by

Unknown

for

Southwest Missouri Electric Railway

Design:
5-80' concrete arches

Description:
Abandoned concrete arch bridge over Shoal Creek

Significance:

Moderate

SKOL Mill Dam Road Bridge

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SKOL Mill Dam Road Bridge

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #153B)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Mill Dam Road and an overflow from Salt Creek in Fredonia

Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
54' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Mill Dam Road

Significance:

Local

SKOL Bridge #248.33

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SKOL Bridge #248.33

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #248C)

This through plate girder bridge was relocated here to cross an unnamed creek

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1962 using a span fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP Mud Creek Bridge (Fall Leaf)

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UP Mud Creek Bridge (Fall Leaf)

(Union Pacific Railroad Bridge #35.95)

This through plate girder bridge crosses Mud Creek between Fall Leaf and Lawrence

Fall Leaf, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906 and 1977

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-84' and 1-60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

Local

Neosho Generating Plant Railroad Bridge

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Neosho Generating Plant Railroad Bridge

This abandoned Pratt through truss bridge once carried a railroad spur over the Neosho River

Strauss, Labette County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1952 using secondhand spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

Design:
150' Pratt through truss, 50' and 40' deck plate girders

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Neosho River

Significance:

Regional

UP Muddy Creek Bridge (Grantville)

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UP Muddy Creek Bridge (Grantville)

(Union Pacific Railroad Bridge #60.88)

This short Baltimore through truss bridge crosses Muddy Creek on the east side of Grantville

Grantville, Jefferson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
110' Baltimore through truss

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over Muddy Creek

Significance:

Moderate

SKOL Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge

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SKOL Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #165B)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Pennsylvania Avenue (US Highway 75) in Independence

Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-60' and 2-20' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Pennsylvania Avenue (US Highway 75)

Significance:

Local

UP Cross Creek Bridge (Rossville)

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UP Cross Creek Bridge (Rossville)

(Union Pacific Railroad Bridge #84.29)

This small Warren through truss bridge crosses Cross Creek alongside US Highway 24 in Rossville

Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
112' Warren through truss and 2-31' deck plate girders

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Cross Creek

Significance:

Moderate

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

Design:
6' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

Republican River Pegram Truss Bridge

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Republican River Pegram Truss Bridge

(190th Road Bridge)

This historic Pegram through truss bridge carries 190th Road over the Republican River east of Concordia

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: Cloud County

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built c. 1913 using spans fabricated 1893 and c. 1900

by

Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware and Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
203' Pegram through truss and 2-128' quadrangular lattice through trusses

Description:
Historic Pegram through truss bridge over Republican River

Significance:

National