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Climax Bridge

Greenwood County, Kansas
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Overview

Photo taken by Richard With

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Overview
Lost Marsh arch bridge over Otter Creek on KS 99 near Climax
Location
Greenwood County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1928; Reconstructed 1932; Replaced 1995
Design
Marsh through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 240.2 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.70853, -96.22366   (decimal degrees)
37°42'31" N, 96°13'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/744741/4177104 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Severy North
Inventory numbers
KDOT 0037-B0030 (Kansas Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 17771 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/1991)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
845

Categories 

Arch (9,440)
Built 1928 (807)
Built during 1920s (7,046)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Greenwood County, Kansas (31)
Have street view (10,035)
Kansas (2,289)
Lost (10,496)
 Lost 1995 (353)
Lost during 1990s (3,227)
Marsh arch (49)
Owned by state (9,852)
Rainbow arch (195)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,740)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2011: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • January 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates, although the bridge is lost.
  • December 10, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Design and Design Description
  • June 10, 2007: Posted photos from Richard With

Sources 

  • Richard With - withrg [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Sheldon Wiens
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Climax Bridge
Posted September 27, 2007, by Eric J. Burris (jeburris [at] valu-line [dot] net)

I remember this bridge from my youth, as we went this way to go to Caney to visit my Grandparents. I remembered it being very narrow, but cool nonetheless. Glad someone had a photo of it.