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Neosho River Bridge

Lyon County, Kansas
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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Neosho River on a local road, 1.0 mi. west and 1.5 mi. south of Americus
Location
Lyon County, Kansas
Status
Lost
History
Built ca. 1910, later demolished.
Design
Seven panel pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 178.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.48667, -96.28000   (decimal degrees)
38°29'12" N, 96°16'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/737242/4263319 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Plymouth
Inventory numbers
KS 000560933005085 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 41025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1991)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1978)
30

Categories 

Built during 1910s (6,729)
Kansas (2,280)
Lost (10,356)
Lyon County, Kansas (39)
Neosho River (39)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,658)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,565)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated multiple categories to incorporate Mr. Burris' information.

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Neosho River Bridge
Posted January 26, 2010, by Eric J. Burris (eburris [at] augustagov [dot] org)

I am from this area, and I can tell you that the bridge has been gone since probably the early '80s. I have had people refer to this bridge as "Hutch Bridge." My dad used to go to this bridge and shoot pop cans. Back then (I was really young) there was nothing left of this bridge except the iron frame-no deck and no approach on the north side. I have been back there recently, and the main part is gone. The pylons on the north side are still there as is the concrete support on the south of the river on the bank. The road is closed and is just a field road now. Trees have overtaken everything and you just about have to know it was there to find it now. I have attached a photo of it from the Kansas Historical Database.

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