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Branch North Fork Big Creek

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Branch North Fork Big Creek

Photo taken by Mike LeMasters in September 2011

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Overview
Three-span stone bridge over a branch of North Fork Big Creek on RS 234, 0.6 mi. east of Catherine
Location
Ellis County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 9.8 ft.
Total length: 43.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.93000, -99.20333   (decimal degrees)
38°55'48" N, 99°12'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/482375/4309028 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Catharine
Inventory numbers
KS 000000000260300 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17712 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2011)
Sufficiency rating: 91.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
255

Categories 

Arch (9,418)
Built 1935 (1,457)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Deck arch (8,695)
Ellis County, Kansas (20)
Kansas (2,280)
Open (28,305)
Owned by county (16,484)
Span length under 25 feet (4,081)
Stone arch (1,927)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,628)

Update Log 

  • September 27, 2011: New photos from Mike LeMasters
  • August 10, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Corrected typo in overview. The town is spelled Catherine but google maps erroneously spelled it Catharine

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike LeMasters