Deer Creek Bridge

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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in July 2017

BH Photo #398336

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Deer Creek, 2.0 mi. north and 3.0 mi. west of Hallowell
Location: Cherokee County, Kansas
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built ca. 1910
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.20000, -95.05000 (decimal degrees)
37°12'00" N, 95°02'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/318067/4119027 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Oswego
Land survey: T. 33 S., R. 21 E., Sec. 1
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 180
Inventory numbers: KS 000111069006845 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17559 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2011): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.6 (out of 100)
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Deer Creek Bridge

Posted July 27, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Sometimes one just misses it. I have narrowly missed a few by a matter of weeks.

Deer Creek Bridge

Posted July 27, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

aaaargh...replaced, just a few years ago according to new bridge (snore....) plaque