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ATSF - Delaware River Bridge

Jefferson County, Kansas

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Description 

Build date and dimensions come from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Delaware River on Abandoned Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Location
Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1969 to replace older truss bridge; Removed 1998 after NIMBY farmers threw a hissy fit.
Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 1,369.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.35075, -95.45418   (decimal degrees)
39°21'03" N, 95°27'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/288528/4358573 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87892 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (392)
Built 1969 (108)
Built during 1960s (1,953)
Deck girder (5,461)
Delaware River (56)
Girder (9,690)
Jefferson County, Kansas (45)
Kansas (3,166)
Lost (23,421)
 Lost 1998 (411)
Lost during 1990s (3,910)
Owned by railroad (11,805)
Plate girder (7,476)
Railroad (14,944)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,297)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,808)
Valley Falls, Kansas (6)

Update Log 

  • January 25, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added loss date
  • January 24, 2020: Added by John Marvig

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ATSF - Delaware River Bridge
Posted January 25, 2020, by Luke

Abandoned 1993, removed 1998 after threat of legal action by NIMBY farmers: https://books.google.com/books?id=kzk_m4P9Y6kC&pg=PA147&dq=V...

ATSF - Delaware River Bridge
Posted January 25, 2020, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

So, now I've got it narrowed down that this was probably removed somewhere between 1997 and 2003 - basically around the turn of the century, given that window.

1997 comes from the ATSF lines - at least those not carried over to the BNSF - ceasing operations after 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_...