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Walnut River Sec. 20 Bridge
Photos
This bridge is actually located north of Winfield, not Dexter. It can be accessed easily from US 77.
Photo taken by Robert Elder in March 2007
BH Photo #111741
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span concrete arch bridge over Walnut River on 42nd Road north of Winfield
- Location
- Cowley County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1930
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 77.1 ft.
Total length: 160.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.41921, -97.01351 (decimal degrees)
37°25'09" N, 97°00'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/675784/4143230 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Udall
- Land survey
- T. 30 S., R. 4 E., Sec. 20
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 30
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000180855506560 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17649 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2016)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.6 (out of 100)
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I recall seeing a photograph of this bridge with its original concrete balustrade railings. The bridge looked beautiful with its original railings. With a nice restoration job, it could look beautiful again.