Lecompton-Perry Bridge
Photos
1951
Photo provided by the United State Geolical Survey
View this photo at ks.water.usgs.gov
BH Photo #276282
Video
Lecompton-Perry Bridge Scenes from the public-domain film "Carnival Of Souls" featuring the Lecompton-Perry Bridge |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Parker through truss bridge over Kansas River on Halderman Street.
- Location
- Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas, and Jefferson County, Kansas
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge a few hundred yards downstream.
- History
- Built 1899; Damaged due to floods in 1903, 1905, & 1908; 3 spans lost to ice jam 1910; Razed 1969
- Builder
- - Amos McLouth of Monroe County, Michigan
- Design
- 5 span Parker Camelback through truss with 1 Pratt approach span on the south end.
- Also called
- Lecompton Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.05112, -95.39109 (decimal degrees)
39°03'04" N, 95°23'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/293088/4325170 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Perry
- Inventory number
- BH 59981 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 8, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
- November 4, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- February 22, 2015: New photo from Damen Winslow
- October 21, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- February 28, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added replacement date to history section
- February 28, 2014: Updated by Robert Elder: The spans were simple, not continuous
- February 27, 2014: Added by Damen Winslow
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Lecompton Historical Society Bald Eagle Newsletter - Vol. 19, Issue 1, 1993 - PDF
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Mr. Winslow is correct. Photo # 3 should be placed under the Massachusetts Street Bridge listing.
Photo's #1 and #2 are Lecompton Bridge, but Photo #3 is looking south at Bowersock Mill, which was downstream in Lawrence and should be put in that entry, if possible. I believe the truss bridge in Lawrence was the second structure over the river there. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The postcard in photo #2 is labeled as being in LeCompton, but it appears to depict the Bowersock Mills area in Lawrence. Could the postcard company have made a mistake?
Photos of this bridge have been hard to come by. But I did see various articles in Google News archives from the Lawrence Journal-World. Apparently, it was so unsafe for commercial vehicles by 1965, that kids were dropped off, and had to walk over the bridge between buses.
This bridge was prominently featured in the movie "Carnival of Souls" shortly before being demolished.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ks/douglas/lecompton/
Oops! Forgot to post video as public! fixed now and can be watched.