Kansas Cantilever

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This is a group of similar small-scale cantilever truss bridges, primarily seen in Kansas but with one known example in Nebraska.

K-152 Marais Des Cygnes River Bridge (Linn County, Kansas)
Built 1938; demolished 2009
Lost through truss bridge over Marais Des Cygnes River on K-152 in La Cygne
Replaced by new bridge

K-47 Neosho River Bridge (Neosho County, Kansas)
Built 1937, demolished ca. 2013-2014
Lost cantilever truss bridge over Neosho River on K-47
Replaced by a new bridge

Neosho River Bridge (Lyon County, Kansas)
Built 1940
Through truss bridge over Neosho River, 0.5 mi. west of Neosho Rapids
Open to traffic

Red Cloud Bridge (Webster County, Nebraska)
Built ca. 1935
Through truss bridge over Republican River on US 281, 2 mi. south of Red Cloud
Open to traffic

Shaw Bridge (Neosho County, Kansas)
Built 1954
Lost Cantilever through truss bridge over Neosho River on 160th Road, 0.4 mi. west of Shaw
Lost

US166 Neosho River Bridge (Old) (Labette County, Kansas)
Built 1936; Lost 2003
Lost through truss bridge over Neosho River on US 166
Replace by a concrete bridge

US24 Republican River Bridge (Clay County, Kansas)
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1983; replaced 2005
Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Republican River on US 24
No longer exists

US75 Neosho River Bridge (Coffey County, Kansas)
Built 1934; replaced 2006
Lost through truss bridge over Neosho River on US 75
Replaced by new bridge