Humboldt Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span Marsh arch bridge over Neosho River on Bridge Street in Humboldt
- Location
- Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932
- Builders
- - J.S. Vance & Son of Parsons, Kansas (Contractor)
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa (Design)
- Design
- Marsh arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 248.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 29.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.81109, -95.44781 (decimal degrees)
37°48'40" N, 95°26'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/284522/4187678 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Humboldt
- Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 1,098
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000000000010070 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17324 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of February 2016)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 44.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 18, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- October 26, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Humboldt, Kansas"
- October 19, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- October 19, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Marsh arch (tied)"
- September 22, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builders per plaques on bridge.
- September 27, 2014: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
- February 8, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates.
- December 8, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Marsh arch to Categories.
- July 8, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated categories
- February 7, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
- February 4, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
- October 23, 2006: Posted photos from Robert L Elder
Related Bridges
- Humboldt Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Sheldon Wiens
- Nathan Holth
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Comments
This bridge has been in the news lately. I will try to attach some links when I'm on the computer. I'm having a little trouble attaching links from my smartphone tonight.
There has been a large Log Jam getting wedged against this bridge. There is always a danger that this could be used as a reason to demolish the bridge. That is exactly what happened with a Stone Arch Bridge in Chase County.
There is now a move under way to try to get this bridge listed in the National register of historic places. From what I understand, the County Commissioners are opposed to having the bridge listed.
Yes, I would agree. This bridge, along with the Coffeyville Bridge in Montgomery County should be absolute locks for NRHP listing.
This one is a no-brainer given how the town has embraced this beauty with the park and landscaping.
Looks like a great setting!
I understand that the Kansas State Historical Society did another visit to this bridge yesterday, September 19th, 2017.
I do not know if it will eventually be nominated for a NRHP listing or not. In my humble opinion, I think that all remaining Marsh arch bridges nationwide should be listed, but that is just my personal opinion...
KSHS appears to have resurveyed this one lately. It is now considered to be potentially NRHP Eligible.
I will continue to do this for any bridge that has available street view. And I certainly will go out and photograph as many historic bridges as I can as soon as I get a place of my own to live at. I still live with my parents, and they rather not have me go too far, for my dad always wants me to help him on the farm every day.
Many thanks to Sheldon for some updated streetviews. Hopefully this bridge will remain in place for a long time. It has not been listed on the NRHP yet.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ks/allen/humboldt/
I field visited this bridge on 10/26/2019. It is still in grave danger of demolition and replacement. A neighbor has placed a large sign in their yard encouraging people to call the county commissioners to save the bridge.