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Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Duck Creek on RS 253, 5.0 mi. north and 1.7 mi. east of Dodge City
Location: Ford County, Kansas
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1905; replaced 1994
Design: Five panel, pin-conected Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.82592, -100.03794 (decimal degrees)
37°49'33" N, 100°02'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/408655/4187008 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Dodge City
Inventory numbers: KS 000290533805960 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 40953 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/1991): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990): 20

Duck Creek Bridge

Posted April 27, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

KSHS page with photograph:

This appears to have been a single span version of the extant Mulberry Creek Truss Bridge in the same county.