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C:\Documents and Settings\bass tbn\Desktop\Elm 1 This is a double span, five panel, pin connected Pratt through truss. This bridge is very similar in design and appearance to the Mingona Bridge, also in Barber County, Kansas. Photo taken by Robert Elder in January 2008 |
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C:\Documents and Settings\bass tbn\Desktop\Elm 2 On the bridge, looking east. Photo taken by Robert Elder in January 2004, |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Elm Creek, 5.0 mi. west and 4.3 mi. south of Isabel
- Location
- Barber County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1910
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 209.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +64.16667, -21.95000 (decimal degrees)
64°10'00" N, 21°56'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 17385 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 12/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
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Update Log
- February 27, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"
- January 30, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder