Rating:
51649
{72}%
4 votes
Baxter Springs Heritage Center Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Robert Elder in October 2012
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BH Photo #242180
Description
Sits next to 7th Street behind the Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum
Facts
- Overview
- Queenpost pony truss bridge over Branch of Spring River on Footpath
- Location
- Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- Future prospects
- Relocated and preserved.
- Builder
- - A.M. Blodgett of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Queenpost pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.02861, -94.73306 (decimal degrees)
37°01'43" N, 94°43'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/345850/4099450 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Baxter Springs
- Land survey
- T. 35 S., R. 24 E., Sec. 1
- Inventory number
- BH 51649 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 23, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- July 22, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- January 25, 2013: New photos from Larry Dooley
- October 30, 2012: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Builder
- March 7, 2012: Added by James Baughn
Neat one - could use a little TLC with decking, bit dangerous, several visitors while we were there, really neat large property full of historical buildings and other misc. pieces