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Photos taken by Robert L Elder

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View from southeast.

Photo taken by Robert Elder in November 2006

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Solomon River on a local road, southwest of Glasco
Location: Cloud County, Kansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builder: - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: From south to north:
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Two pin-connected, 3-panel half-hip Pratt pony trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 147.9 ft.
Total length: 310.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.35031, -97.85456 (decimal degrees)
39°21'01" N, 97°51'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 89002173 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 17599 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2004): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 100

Update Log

February 21, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
February 13, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder
September 6, 2006: Posted photos from Robert L Elder

Sources

Robert Elder - bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu

Comments

Pott's Ford Bridge

Posted April 14, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a very old and interesting bridge as well. There is a WIBC Whipple truss in Warrick County,IN that is bracketed with Kingpost ponies on both ends.