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Gordon Bridge

Butler County, Kansas
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Overview

Photo taken 2006 by Brent D. Gardner

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Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Walnut River on SW 163rd, west of Gordon
Location
Butler County, Kansas
Status
Abandoned with deck removed
History
Built in 1885 by the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. immediately before they built the nearby Bois d'arc Bridge. Bypassed by new bridge in 1985
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.58907, -97.00009   (decimal degrees)
37°35'21" N, 97°00'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/676571/4162103 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 28 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 28
USGS topographic map
Douglass
Inventory number
BH 17489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,849)
6-panel truss (409)
Abandoned (1,394)
Built 1885 (115)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Butler County, Kansas (68)
Have street view (10,033)
Kansas (2,289)
 Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. (13)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Through truss (9,250)
Truss (23,609)
Wrought iron (230)

Update Log 

  • March 6, 2011: New photos from Joe Underwood
  • May 19, 2010: New Street View added by Robert Elder
  • March 8, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link.
  • February 5, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates.
  • July 8, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Year Built, History, Builders, and Categories.
  • November 10, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
  • August 28, 2006: Posted photos from Brent D. Gardner

Sources 

  • Brent Gardner - brent [dot] gardner [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Joe Underwood
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Gordon Bridge
Posted July 8, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have added "wrought iron" to categories for this bridge considering the builders and the construction date of 1885. This seems appropriate unless proven otherwise.

Gordon Bridge
Posted September 16, 2008, by Robert L. Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is almost identical to the nearby Bois D'Arc Bridge. I suspect that it may have been built by the same company at about the same time.

Gordon Bridge
Posted July 10, 2008, by Eric J. Burris (jeburris [at] birch [dot] net)

Went and visited this bridge last night, and it was worth the trip! The bridge is very easy to find: just take 163rd Street to Gordon and follow the road west for about 1 mile. The road will bend a little and you will come to a modern concrete bridge-the old bridge is right next to it on the north side. I wouldn't try walking down to it except maybe in the winter time: it is quite overgrown at both approaches.