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Chestnut Avenue Bridge

Cowley County, Kansas
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Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Walnut River on E. Chestnut Avenue
Location
Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 290.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.06347, -97.02011   (decimal degrees)
37°03'48" N, 97°01'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/676026/4103746 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Arkansas City
Inventory numbers
KS 000180855107045 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 36300 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2016)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 30.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
200

Categories 

Arkansas City, Kansas (9)
Built 1925 (1,126)
Built during 1920s (8,702)
Cowley County, Kansas (62)
Fence guardrail (127)
Have street view (21,751)
Kansas (2,679)
Open (36,262)
 Owned by county (18,755)
Parker through truss (1,153)
Parker truss (1,506)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,796)
Through truss (12,831)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,560)
Truss (29,327)

Update Log 

  • October 2, 2016: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Fence guardrail"
  • December 29, 2010: New Street View added by Robert Elder
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • January 29, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added NBI Data.
  • February 21, 2008: Added by Robert Elder

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  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Chestnut Avenue Bridge
Posted July 29, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Mr. Learned:

Thanks for posting that. I enjoyed reading the article. I am hoping that this bridge will be preserved. This is one of the few massive member riveted bridges in the area. I would come nearer expecting to see something like this in Oklahoma.

East Chestnut Avenue Bridge
Posted July 29, 2017, by Gary Learned (glearned [at] msn [dot] com)

According to the attached clipping from the Arkansas City Daily Traveler, the E Chestnut bridge was constructed starting in early 1929, officially opening February 8th, 1930.

Chestnut Avenue Bridge
Posted April 20, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The area around this bridge is receiving international attention. A recent discovery of a ca. 1601 cannonball has practically confirmed local suspicions that Arkansas City was built roughly on the site of a major Native American city known as Etzanoa.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4426312/Etzanoa-long...