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Cedar Creek Bridge

Chautauqua County, Kansas
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Photo taken by Robert Elder in January 2005

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Marsh arch bridge over Cedar Creek, 1.5 mi. east of Elgin
Location
Chautauqua County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Concrete through Marsh arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 146.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.00949, -96.25570   (decimal degrees)
37°00'34" N, 96°15'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/744172/4099446 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Elgin
Inventory numbers
NRHP 83000418 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
KS 000000000100170 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
190

Categories 

Arch (9,418)
Built 1927 (533)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Chautauqua County, Kansas (36)
Kansas (2,280)
Marsh arch (48)
NR-listed (2,353)
 Open (28,304)
Owned by county (16,484)
Rainbow arch (195)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates - put the balloon on the bridge, not in the creek.
  • February 14, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted May 2, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

A little reading on a nearby bridge gives the date, 1886, and explains the names.

http://bridgehunter.com/ks/chautauqua/bh43712/

Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted May 2, 2013, by Luke Harden (lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com)

My guess would be that it was built in the late 1800s. All I know is that CKW built the route, and that the CKW was bought by the ATSF around 1901.

Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted May 2, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Any idea how long ago the RR was built? The 1903 KS RR map also shows AT&SF but I don't know anything about when this line was built or by whom. I don't have much access to RR history, so your info source would be interesting to look at. I'm always curious what else might be out there undiscovered.

Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted May 1, 2013, by Luke Harden (lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The bridge would have been built by the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad. http://bridgehunter.com/ks/chautauqua/ckw-cedar-creek/

Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted May 1, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The RR was shown as the AT&SF on the 1936 county highway map.

Cedar Creek Bridge
Posted December 11, 2011, by Eric (orediggers1 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The photo showing a pier in the middle of the river, just north of the Cedar Creek Bridge is from a railroad bridge and is the same railroad that built the stone arch bridge, just west of Elgin that is pictured elsewhere on this site. The railroad was removed in the late 30's. There are also stone abutments on either end to the east and west of the pier in the middle of Cedar Creek.