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Negro Creek Bridge

Jackson County, Kansas

Photos 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in December 2016

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BH Photo #372592

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pin connected bedstead pony truss bridge over Negro Creek on a Y Road, 1.0 mi. east and 1.4 mi. south of Whiting
Location
Jackson County, Kansas
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Design
Bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 75.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.55998, -95.58893   (decimal degrees)
39°33'36" N, 95°35'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/277583/4382122 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Whiting
Land survey
T. 6 S., R. 16 E., Sec. 1
Inventory numbers
KS 000431007003604 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 40974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,649)
Bedstead (6)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (354)
Bedstead pony truss (22)
Bedstead truss (532)
Jackson County, Kansas (30)
Kansas (3,191)
 Pin-connected (3,901)
Pony truss (16,182)
Pratt pony truss (3,637)
Pratt truss (9,296)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)
Truss (32,779)

Update Log 

  • January 10, 2017: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Bedstead pony truss"
  • December 11, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • December 10, 2016: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • June 17, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Moved pin

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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Negro Creek Bridge
Posted February 20, 2021, by Nick Schmiedeler (nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com)

Just posted a video on YouTube of my visit to this one about 4 years ago, search "KANSAS OLD BRIDGE HUNT - abandoned Negro Creek bedstead Bridge, Jackson County"

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted June 17, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The road shows on the 1982 county highway map but is not on the 1990.

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted August 3, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

I see that I made an error back in December in my description of this bridge.... it is in fact on Y Road

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted December 10, 2016, by Nick Schmiedeler

Thanks Tony and Robert.

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted December 10, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Hey Nick... You managed to find 2 Bedsteads that have been abandoned for SOOOOOO long that they still have the legs intact! Most remaining truss leg bridges have either had the legs amputated or buried in concrete!

Great find... All of them!

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted December 10, 2016, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hi Nick:

This is a great find. Thanks for tracking it down. If the bridge is still county-owned, perhaps they might be willing to sell or perhaps donate it to someone who could repair it. This is a great little Bedstead, and there is no reason to let it collapse.

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted December 10, 2016, by Nick Schmiedeler

Brutal hike down lumpy, overgrown, abandoned X Rd. to find this one. Very interesting pony - and a great spot, but this one is REALLY falling to pieces. Rarely have thought that it may be BETTER to completely dismantle an old bridge but this one is all but gone.

Negro Creek Bridge
Posted June 17, 2016, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

NBI has not been here since 1990. The latest Google imagery appears to show a pony (Bedstead?) truss here. At least, I think I see a pony truss...