Delaware River Composite Truss Bridge

Photos 

This composite truss bridge features a seven panel riveted Parker through truss (main span) and two pony trusses. This picture was taken looking northwest. Several concrete pylons from a railroad bridge are located in the area.

Photo taken by Robert Elder in February 2008

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Delaware River on Coal Creek Road at Valley Falls

Location

Jefferson County, Kansas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1936

Design

Parker through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 352.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2003

Also called

Valley Falls Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.35084, -95.45473   (decimal degrees)
39°21'03" N, 95°27'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/288481/4358584 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Valley Falls

Inventory numbers

NRHP 03000371 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
KS 000000000440001 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17826 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 02/2011)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 60.3 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2009)

424

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 15, 2009: New photos from Mark Frazier
• November 10, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Categories.
• August 25, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Name and Alternate names.
• July 15, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated categories
• February 3, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com

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