Silver Creek Bridge

Photos 

Silver Creek stone bridge

Photo taken April 2008

Photo taken by Mike LeMasters

BH Photo #148836

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Two-span stone arch bridge over Silver Creek, 3 miles south and 1 mile east of Tisdale

Location

Cowley County, Kansas

Status

Open to one-lane traffic

History

Built ca. 1890

Builder

- Walter Sharp Bridge Co.

Design

Stone arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 143.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.20100, -96.84322   (decimal degrees)
37°12'04" N, 96°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/691407/4119349 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Eaton

Land survey

T. 33 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 1

Average daily traffic (as of 2014)

15

Inventory numbers

KS 000180875106860 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17640 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of January 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 30.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 21, 2019: New photo from Jeff Smail
• September 20, 2019: New photos from Jeff Smail
• September 21, 2018: New photos from Jeff Smail
• April 21, 2018: New photos from Jeff Smail
• September 8, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
• November 25, 2015: New photo from Rob Brock
• November 8, 2009: New photo from Mike LeMasters
• September 16, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Builders
• February 1, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Mike LeMasters
• Rob Brock - k0pvw [dot] mobile [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
• Jeff Smail

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