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Beaver Creek Bridge

Lincoln County, Kansas

Photos 

Photo taken by Robert Elder

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BH Photo #110285

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bedstead pony truss bridge over Beaver Creek, 0.7 mi. south and 2.3 mi. east of Lincoln
Location
Lincoln County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1890
Design
Pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.0 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.02305, -98.09824   (decimal degrees)
39°01'23" N, 98°05'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/578059/4319721 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Shady Bend
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
20
Inventory numbers
KS 000530737804345 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17939 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (9,388)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (368)
Bedstead truss (550)
Built during 1890s (3,360)
Kansas (3,287)
Laced endposts (166)
Lincoln County, Kansas (42)
One-lane traffic (8,091)
Open (41,353)
 Owned by county (21,919)
Pin-connected (5,324)
Pony truss (17,465)
Pratt pony truss (4,104)
Pratt truss (10,768)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,443)
Structurally deficient (12,597)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,571)
Truss (37,714)

Update Log 

  • May 11, 2020: New photos from Mike Paul
  • May 17, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Changed construction date from ca. 1910 to ca. 1890.
  • January 20, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates.
  • October 24, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Categories
  • July 29, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Categories

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Paul
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Comments 

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

Hi Nathan:

Thanks for the feedback. I will change the date to ca. 1890.

Beaver Creek Bridge
Posted May 17, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The font used for the name Carnegie on the metal of this bridge... I have not seen it used on any metal dated to newer than the 1890s. So I suspect this bridge dates to the 1890s or even the 1880s and that the ca. 1910 date is inaccurate.