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 Pratt through truss bridge was constructed using a secondhand railroad span to carry Pine Street

Melvern, Osage County, Kansas

Owner: City of Melvern

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1909 using a span fabricated c. 1890

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
140' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This historic through truss bridge was relocated from an unknown location by a rancher who wanted to preserve history

Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Open to Private Traffic

Built 1950 using a span fabricated 1887

by

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works of Leavenworth, Kansas

for

Unknown Railroad

Design:
170' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Mill Creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge utilizes a concrete fascia to appear as a concrete arch

Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

Cedar Rapids Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Vane Road

Significance:

This abandoned through truss bridge crosses the Fall River and 1450 Road west of New Albany

New Albany, Wilson County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1905

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

St. Louis–San Francisco Railway

Design:
164' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Fall River

Significance:

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:

This deck plate girder bridge is one of two parallel bridges across Kill Creek in De Soto

De Soto, Johnson County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1942

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-42', 2-30' deck plate girder and steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Kill Creek

Significance:

This concrete stringer bridge carries the Kansas City Terminal Railway across 2nd Street

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas City Terminal Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

D. Munro of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Kansas City Terminal Railway

Design:
35' concrete stringer and 2-14' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete stringer bridge over 2nd Street

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss crosses the Solomon River on the west side of Solomon

Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
138' quadrangular lattice through truss and steel stringer

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Solomon 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: