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Prescott Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds

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Overview
Three-span stone arch bridge over a branch of Little Osage River on 200th Road, southwest of Prescott
Location
Linn County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1918
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 16.0 ft.
Total length: 64.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.05181, -94.71426   (decimal degrees)
38°03'07" N, 94°42'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/349592/4212950 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Prescott
Inventory numbers
KS 000541103905680 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17983 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
20

Categories 

Arch (9,420)
Built 1918 (329)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Deck arch (8,703)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Kansas (2,280)
Linn County, Kansas (19)
Open (28,319)
Owned by county (16,492)
Span length under 25 feet (4,084)
Stone arch (1,927)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates
  • January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Ruth Reynolds

Sources 

  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com