Railroad Bridges in , Kansas


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Highline Approach Viaduct (UP Connection)

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Highline Approach Viaduct (UP Connection)

This deck plate girder viaduct serves as a wye off the main west approach viaduct to the Highline Bridge

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas City Terminal Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1918

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:
10 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Berger Avenue

Significance:

Local

UP Bourbonais Creek Bridge (St. Marys)

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UP Bourbonais Creek Bridge (St. Marys)

(Union Pacific Railroad Bridge #88.75)

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:

Local

MKT 11th Street Bridge (Coffeyville)

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MKT 11th Street Bridge (Coffeyville)

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:

Local

BNSF Little Walnut River Bridge

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BNSF Little Walnut River Bridge

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #209A)

This small Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Little Walnut River near Douglass

Douglass, Butler County, Kansas

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
108' Pratt through truss and trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Walnut River

Significance:

Moderate

SKOL Bridge #248.33

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SKOL Bridge #248.33

(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Bridge #248C)

This through plate girder bridge was relocated here to cross an unnamed creek

Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1962 using a span fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

SKOL 60th Street Bridge

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SKOL 60th Street Bridge

(Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge #86)

This steel stringer bridge crosses 60th Street near the small town of Sherwin

Sherwin, Cherokee County, Kansas

Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1941

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
34' steel stringer and timber trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 60th Street

Significance:

Local

East Emma Creek Interurban Bridge

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East Emma Creek Interurban Bridge

(Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway East Emma Creek Bridge)

This abandoned closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses East 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 East Emma Creek

Significance:

Moderate

UP Smoky Hill River Bridge (Salina)

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UP Smoky Hill River Bridge (Salina)

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:

High

UP K-4 Bridge

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UP K-4 Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #1702)

This deck girder and concrete skeleton abutment bridge crosses K-4 and Lime Creek in Herington

Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Cedar Rapids Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
90' concrete slab and concrete skeleton abutment

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Kansas Highway 4 and Lime Creek

Significance:

Local

RI Deep Creek Bridge (Zeandale)

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RI Deep Creek Bridge (Zeandale)

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #1343-C)

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:

Local