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 through plate girder bridge crosses Bourbonais Creek along US Highway 24 east of St. Marys

St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1946

by

Unknown and Paxton-Vierling Iron Works of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
35' through plate girder and 2-30' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Bourbonais Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Little Arkansas River on the east side of Halstead

Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
150' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Arkansas River

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:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Neosho River north of Chanute

Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

1899

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
172' Pratt through truss, deck plate girder and steel stringer

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Neosho 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 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 abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses the Little Arkansas River on the east side 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:
5-52' closed spandrel concrete arches

Description:
Abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over Little Arkansas River

Significance:

This large through truss bridge is the easternmost railroad bridge across the Kansas River

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903 and 1922

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago Great Western Railway and Missouri Pacific Railway

Design:
246' spread Warren through truss, 3-200' Pratt through truss, 80' through plate girder and 2-16' concrete slab

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Kansas River

Significance:

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: