This through plate girder bridge crosses Wildcat Creek on the southwest side of Manhattan

Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas

Owner: City of Manhattan

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
100' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wildcat Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is one of four similar structures east of Belvue

Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Welch Creek

Significance:

This Schaub variant through truss crosses the Smoky Hill River in Salina

Salina, Saline County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
124' Schaub variant through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Schaub variant through truss over Smoky Hill River

Significance:

This small through plate girder bridge crosses SE 15th Street in Topeka

Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-41' through plate girder and 2-8' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over SE 15th Street

Significance:

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:

This deck girder and concrete skeleton abutment bridge crosses K-4 and Lime Creek in Herington

Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Cedar Rapids Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
90' concrete slab and concrete skeleton abutment

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Kansas Highway 4 and Lime Creek

Significance:

This large Warren through truss bridge crosses the Republican River in Scandia

Scandia, Republic County, Kansas

Owner: Kyle Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
3-155' Warren through trusses

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Republican River

Significance:

This unique Pennsylvania through truss bridge has been creatively reused as a landmark pedestrian crossing over the Kansas River

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: City of Kansas City (Kansas)

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1905 and 1921

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-302' Pennsylvania through trusses and 140' Baltimore through truss

Description:
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

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:

This skewed quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses Chapman Creek in Chapman

Champan, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
154' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Chapman Creek

Significance: