This Pratt through truss bridge will one day carry the Osage Cuetas Trail across the Verdigris River west of Benedict

Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas

Owner: Sunflower Rail-Trails Conservancy

Status: Abandoned, Awaiting Future Trail Development

Built 1900

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
173' Pratt through truss and 2-60' deck plate girder

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Verdigris River

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss crosses the Saline River along Old US Highway 40 near New Cambria

New Cambria, Saline County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
138' quadrangular lattice through truss and steel stringer

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Saline River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Buffalo Creek near 80th Street west of Concordia

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: Kyle Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
75' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

This Baltimore through truss bridge crosses Stranger Creek southeast of Linwood

Linwood, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
138' Baltimore through truss

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over Stranger Creek

Significance:

This abandoned through girder bridge crosses Deep Creek east of Zeandale

Zeandale, Riley County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
74' and 60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Deep Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge reopened in 2020 after being damaged in a derailment in 2015

Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas

Owner: Kyle Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
155' Pratt through truss, 155' and 90' through plate girders, steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Republican River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Wakarusa River west of Eudora

Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
164' Pratt through truss and concrete modular girder

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Wakarusa River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Deep Creek along US Highway 24

Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Owner:

Status: In Use

Built 1905 and 1938

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Paxton-Vierling Steel Company of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-50', 1-35', 1-30' deck plate girders and 1-30' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Deep Creek

Significance:

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

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

This unique Warren through truss bridge is the western railroad bridge across the Kansas River in Topeka

Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1903 and 1952 using spans fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
6-153' Warren through trusses

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance: