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Prairie Spirit Rail Trail - Deer Creek Bridge

Allen County, Kansas

Photos 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in January 2017

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BH Photo #376567

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Deer Creek on Prairie Spirit Rail Trail
Location
Allen County, Kansas
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1900, Substructures Rebuilt 1947
Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 262.0 ft.
Also called
ATSF - Deer Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.98062, -95.39096   (decimal degrees)
37°58'50" N, 95°23'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/290009/4206362 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Iola
Inventory number
BH 45848 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allen County, Kansas (52)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (450)
Beam (15,725)
Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
Deck girder (5,753)
Girder (10,247)
Kansas (3,193)
 Open to pedestrians (4,220)
Owned by county (20,789)
Plate girder (7,933)
Rail-to-trail (1,544)
Railroad (15,438)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,077)
Steel stringer (6,227)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,235)

Update Log 

  • March 9, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • January 21, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • March 8, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway", "Railroad"
  • August 10, 2010: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Prairie Spirit Rail Trail - Deer Creek Bridge
Posted January 21, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

Yow!! This old railroad bridge is pretty awesome. Actually think the tagging adds to the beauty of it, but that's just me. Very very long bridge converted to the trail path..... fun experience hanging out at this one