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West Fancy Creek Bridge

Clay County, Kansas
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Overview
Through truss bridge over West Fancy Creek, 1.0 mi. east and 5.0 mi. north of Green
Location
Clay County, Kansas
Status
Lost
History
Built ca. 1880
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. (likely fabricator)
Design
Seven panel, Pin-connected Pratt truss. Probably constructed of wrought iron by the Kansas City Bridge and Iron Co.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.50284, -96.97789   (decimal degrees)
39°30'10" N, 96°58'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/673859/4374531 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Kimeo
Inventory numbers
KS 000140859003685 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17592 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 2000)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 33.00 (out of 100)

Categories 

Built during 1910s (6,729)
Clay County, Kansas (34)
Kansas (2,280)
Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. (13)
Lost (10,362)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Through truss (9,209)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,573)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • September 17, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status
  • May 6, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited multiple categories.

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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West Fancy Creek Bridge
Posted May 6, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

KSHS page with photograph:

http://khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?tab=details&in=027-0000-00157&startrow=1&sort=historic_name&revision=1

This is/was a Pratt through truss that would appear to be an 1880s Kansas City Bridge and Iron Co. product. This bridge would be a great find if still extant.

I suspect that the bridge is probably lost, but it is hard to know for certain just from Google Earth.