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Marais Des Cygnes River K-152 Bridge

Linn County, Kansas
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Photo taken by Robert Elder in April 2005

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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Marais Des Cygnes River on K-152 in La Cygne
Location
Linn County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1938; demolished 2009
Design
Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 706.8 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.34530, -94.77146   (decimal degrees)
38°20'43" N, 94°46'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/345196/4245613 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Cygne
Inventory numbers
KDOT 0054-B0026 (Kansas Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 17978 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2007)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 47.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
2,290

Categories 

Built 1938 (581)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Have street view (9,890)
Kansas (2,280)
Kansas cantilever (7)
Linn County, Kansas (19)
Lost (10,361)
Lost 2009 (165)
 Lost during 2000s (3,091)
Marais des Cygnes River (28)
Owned by state (9,808)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,568)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren truss (3,958)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates.
  • December 13, 2009: New photos from Ruth Reynolds
  • July 2, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Status, Status Description, Future Prospects, Year Lost, History, and Categories. Bridge is currently being demolished.
  • November 10, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
  • November 9, 2008: Updated by Ruth Reynolds

Sources 

  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Marais Des Cygnes River K-152 Bridge
Posted December 21, 2009, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

The mad march of the UCEB continues...

Marais Des Cygnes River K-152 Bridge
Posted December 20, 2009, by Cliff D (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

If you hop in Google Earth and check out Street View you can see this bridge during deconstruction.

Marais Des Cygnes River K-152 Bridge
Posted July 2, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

...and another Cantilever Truss bites the dust.