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Eight Mile Creek Bridge

Butler County, Kansas
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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Eight Mile Creek, 1.8 mi. west and 2.0 mi. south of Douglass
Location
Butler County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1974
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.49034, -97.04173   (decimal degrees)
37°29'25" N, 97°02'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/673122/4151071 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Udall
Inventory numbers
KS 000080853206460 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17485 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
50

Categories 

Built 1974 (49)
Built during 1970s (495)
Butler County, Kansas (68)
Kansas (2,280)
Open (28,310)
Owned by county (16,488)
 Pony truss (13,217)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,568)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,958)

Update Log 

  • February 5, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates.
  • February 27, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Posted November 23, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yes, and I wish I could spend more time researching and bridgehunting in Kansas. There are so many bridges that have not yet been documented on this site. Many of them are on low maintenance roads or abandoned altogether which can make bridgehunting a real challenge.

Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Posted November 22, 2010, by Matthew Lohry (matthewlohry [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I'm questioning, only because usually with rehabilitations, the NBI shows the original build date first, with the rehab date right after in parentheses, but this one is listed as a 1974 build date. I noticed that this county also has a truss bridge with a 1970 build date, so I wonder if it's the same scenario? Boy, I wish I lived closer to Kansas...

Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Posted November 22, 2010, by J.P.

could also be a rehab date.

Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Posted November 22, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Matthew:

I have not actually researched this bridge so I can not provide a definitive answer. This is definitely an intruguing question, however. There is also the possibility that this date could have been a data etry error as well. I just can't imagine this bridge being built in 1974 either.

Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Posted November 22, 2010, by Matthew Lohry

Was this bridge moved here in 1974? It has all of the design features of a truss bridge built in the '20s or possibly early '30s, but certainly not 1974. I noticed that it was shaded out on my display, as I have my settings set up to shade out any bridge newer than 1970.