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Frisco - Neosho River Bridge

Labette County, Kansas

Photos 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in July 2017

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BH Photo #398287

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Neosho River on Frisco Railroad (abandoned)
Location
Labette County, Kansas
Status
Abandoned
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroad
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
Design
Seven panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.33612, -95.10259   (decimal degrees)
37°20'10" N, 95°06'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/313735/4134233 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McCune
Land survey
T. 31 S., R. 21 E., Sec. 22
Inventory number
BH 43696 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Closed (2,666)
Kansas (3,192)
King Bridge Co. (360)
Labette County, Kansas (67)
Neosho River (51)
Pin-connected (3,902)
 Pratt through truss (5,398)
Pratt truss (9,307)
Railroad (15,438)
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (214)
Through truss (15,087)
Truss (32,814)

Update Log 

  • August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • July 27, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • December 3, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated multiple categories to incorporate Mr. Boehne's information.

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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Comments 

Frisco - Neosho River Bridge
Posted July 27, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

cool one !!

Frisco - Neosho River Bridge
Posted January 23, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Very similar bridge:

http://bridgehunter.com/ks/wilson/1030969306325/

Frisco Line Neosho River Bridge
Posted October 23, 2013, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The portals are rather unique!

Frisco Line Neosho River Bridge
Posted October 23, 2013, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Glad to see photographs on here. This bridge, along with perhaps 2-3 others in southeast Kansas have a rather interesting perforated portal bracing. I have not seen an exact match anywhere else.

Frisco Line Neosho River Bridge
Posted October 22, 2013, by Keiv Spare (keiv [at] keivspare [dot] com)

Here are some photos of this bridge.

Neosho River Bridge
Posted December 3, 2009, by Mike Boehne (mikebon088 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Old Frisco branch from Cherokee, KS through Parsons and beyond. Bridge is a seven-panel Pratt through truss with wood trestle approaches, can be seen from the HWY 400 bridge and sometimes from a paved county road west of the river, but not very well.

Neosho River Bridge
Posted December 3, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have not actually seen this bridge, but looking at Terraserver and Google Earth it is apparent that there is a through truss bridge at this location.

According to the King Bridge Co. website, there is a 1905 King Bridge Co. Pratt through truss over the Neosho River in Labette, County. http://www.kingbridgeco.com/new_page_16.htm

I do not know if these are the same bridges or not.