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1898 Branch Buffalo Creek Bridge

Jewell County, Kansas

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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in November 2017

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BH Photo #410520

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over a branch of Buffalo Creek, 0.7 mi. south and 3.0 mi. west of Randall
Location
Jewell County, Kansas
Status
Closed to all traffic
Builder
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works of Leavenworth, Kansas [also known as Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.]
Design
4-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.62864, -98.10004   (decimal degrees)
39°37'43" N, 98°06'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/577235/4386928 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Randall
Land survey
T. 5 S., R. 7 W., Sec. 9
Inventory numbers
KS 000450739003507 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17834 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Beam (17,387)
Built 1898 (344)
Built during 1890s (3,390)
Closed (2,797)
Jewell County, Kansas (71)
Kansas (3,292)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (135)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works (33)
Owned by county (22,008)
 Pin-connected (5,431)
Pony truss (17,560)
Pratt pony truss (4,133)
Pratt truss (10,850)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,680)
Stone Abutments (277)
Timber stringer (4,481)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,078)
Truss (38,339)
Wooden deck (6,262)

Update Log 

  • October 31, 2018: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works"
  • November 11, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • November 10, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler

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Branch Buffalo Creek Bridge
Posted November 10, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

Love this one. 1896, plaque intact (mostly). Few unique features, good-looking curved abutment slowly decaying, rotting boards - just awesome, wish it someluck but odds against it's survival.