This deck plate girder bridge carries the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail over Deer Creek near Carlyle

Carlyle, Allen County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1898 and 1947

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
3-70' deck plate girder and 2-26' steel stringer spans

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Deer Creek, Adams Street and South Dakota Road

Significance:

This massive Warren through truss bridge is the northernmost crossing of the Walnut River in Winfield

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
149' Warren through truss and concrete modular girder

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Walnut River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Smoky Hill River in Enterprise

Enterprise, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
2-103' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Smoky Hill River

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 Pratt through truss bridge carries the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad over the Walnut River

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
2-140' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Walnut River

Significance:

This abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses West Emma Creek along 36th Street east of Halstead

Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1911

by

Interurban Construction Company of Wichita, Kansas

for

Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway

Design:
3-56' closed spandrel concrete arches

Description:
Abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over West Emma Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Verdigris River on the southeast side of Neodesha

Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas

Owner:

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

Design:
164' Pratt through truss and 4-33' deck plate girders

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Verdigris River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Verdigris River on the east side of Independence

Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
178' Pratt through truss, 1-66' and 2-54' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Verdigris 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 unnamed creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Wilder Road near Holliday Junction

Holliday, Johnson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1953

by

Ryerson & Son Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
32' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Wilder Road

Significance: