This stone arch bridge crosses an unnamed creek on the northeast side of Benedict

Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas

Owner: Sunflower Rail-Trails Conservancy

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1899

by

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
14' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses 11th Street (US Highway 166/169) in Coffeyville

Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1910

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 11th Street (US Highway 166/169)

Significance:

This abandoned through truss bridge crosses the Republican River east of Concordia

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1905 using secondhand spans fabricated 1894

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
3-132' Pratt through trusses

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Republican River

Significance:

This unique double deck bridge crosses the Kansas River as part of a longer series of viaducts

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas City Terminal Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917-1919

by

American Bridge Company of New York; D. Munro of Kansas City, Missouri and Kelly-Atkinson Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Kansas City Terminal Railway

Design:
2-300' double deck Baltimore through trusses and 132' Warren deck truss

Description:
Double deck Baltimore through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge was constructed as a flood control project along Soldier Creek

Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1959

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-98' and 2-70' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge once crossed the Marais des Cygnes River east of Quenemo

Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
150' Pratt through truss, concrete slab and steel stringer

Description:
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Marais des Cygnes River

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 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Lost Creek

Significance:

This abandoned stone arch bridge crosses an unnamed branch of Caney River west of Elgin

Elgin, Chautauqua County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1899

by

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
14' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over unnamed branch of Caney River

Significance:

This massive Parker through truss bridge crosses the Kansas River at the end of Ohio Street

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: City of Kansas City (Kansas)

Status: Abandoned

Built 1916

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Southern Railway

Design:
2-300' Parker through trusses and 235' spread Warren through truss

Description:
Parker through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss crosses Spring Creek along Old US Highway 40 in Bavaria

Bavaria, Saline County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
125' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Spring Creek

Significance: