Big Creek Bridge

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Overview: Lost stone arch bridge over Big Creek on a local road
Location: Allen County, Kansas
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built ca. 1940; replaced 1997
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 44.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.84822, -95.17198 (decimal degrees)
37°50'54" N, 95°10'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/308902/4191197 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Elsmore
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 30
Inventory numbers: KS 000011055005960 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 40862 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100 (out of 100)
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Big Creek Bridge

Posted December 9, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Not trying to be a linkbot again but you can see a photo of this lost bridge here:

I would have considered this bridge historic, despite its relatively late construction date of ca. 1940.