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Photo was taken from the south, looking through the barricade.

Photo taken by Robert Elder in June 2001

Overview: Through truss bridge over Smoky Hill River on Oat Road, 2.5 mi. east and 0.8 mi. south of Detroit
Location: Dickinson County, Kansas
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1915
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 125.9 ft.
Total length: 196.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.92485, -97.07467 (decimal degrees)
38°55'29" N, 97°04'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/666900/4310199 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Chapman
Inventory numbers: KS 000210849004483 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17676 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2007): Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 60

May 24, 2011: New photo from Sheldon Wiens
March 16, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Status Description, made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates
March 2, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
February 27, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited "Design"

Smoky Hill River Bridge

Posted March 23, 2007, by Nicole Beck (prairieroads06 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Photos taken 3/23/07 from north side of river (private property).