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Photos taken June 2007 by Nicole Beck

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Deck view

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Steel mark

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Underneath

Map

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Facts

Overview: Bedstead pony truss bridge over a branch of Turkey Creek in Brown Memorial Park
Location: Dickinson County, Kansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1930
Design: Bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.87889, -97.19583 (decimal degrees)
38°52'44" N, 97°11'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/656497/4304883 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Abilene
Inventory number: BH 17668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2007): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 75

Update Log

August 4, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder
July 30, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Categories.
July 9, 2007: Posted photos from Nicole Beck

Sources

Nicole Beck - prairieroads06 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Robert Elder - bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu

Comments

Branch Turkey Creek Bridge

Posted July 3, 2007, by Nicole Beck (prairieroads06 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Photos taken 06/23/07. Bridge has a full wooden deck, in good condition. There is a dam and ruins of an old mill just downstream; I included a shot of the bridge from the millrace. There are also remains of piers from another bridge downstream of the dam, though I don't know their history.