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Patton Bridge

Douglas County, Kansas

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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in June 2020

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BH Photo #473431

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Description 

Plaque exists at Wakarusa Valley River Heritage Museum, good folks inside said it spanned the Wakarusa River just north of the 1864 Clinton Cemetery, no photos of bridge have been unearthed yet, and was most likely removed about 1973 with construction of Lake Clinton, specific spot of bridge inundated now

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Wakarusa River
Location
Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas
Status
Inundated
History
Built 1921 by Kansas City Structural Steel Company
Builder
- Kansas City Structural Steel Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Through truss, although type unknown with no photographic evidence found yet of bridge
Also called
Clinton Wakarusa River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.92333, -95.41145   (decimal degrees)
38°55'24" N, 95°24'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/290950/4311032 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 89521 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1921 (620)
Built during 1920s (10,471)
Clinton, Kansas (1)
Douglas County, Kansas (31)
Inundated (122)
Kansas (3,294)
 Kansas City Structural Steel Co. (13)
Lost 1973 (108)
Lost during 1970s (1,068)
Through truss (19,327)
Truss (38,720)

Update Log 

  • June 6, 2020: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler

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