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Soden Grove Bridge

Lyon County, Kansas
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Overview

Photo taken by Richard With

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High water mark

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Plaque

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Photo was taken from the Cottonwood River in November of 2001

Photo taken by Robert Elder in November 2001

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Southwest Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in July 2010

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Northeast Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in July 2010

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Builder's Plaque

Photo taken by David Backlin in July 2010

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Photo taken by Sheldon Wiens in March 2012

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1865 photo of the older bridge!

Photo taken by Sheldon Wiens in March 2012

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Facts 

Overview
Marsh arch bridge over Cottonwood River on old K-99 at Emporia
Location
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1923; made obsolete by new bridge in 1987
Builders
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Western Bridge Co. of Harrisonville, Missouri
Design
Concrete through Marsh arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.38600, -96.18196   (decimal degrees)
38°23'10" N, 96°10'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/746136/4252403 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Emporia
Inventory numbers
NRHP 83000432 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 18006 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,108)
Built 1923 (391)
Built during 1920s (6,720)
Cottonwood River (Kansas) (28)
Emporia, KS (1)
Have street view (8,178)
Kansas (2,222)
Lyon County, Kansas (36)
 Marsh Engineering Co. (20)
Marsh arch (42)
NR-listed (2,280)
Open to pedestrians (1,585)
Owned by state (9,136)
Rainbow arch (184)
Western Bridge Co. (16)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2012: New photos from Sheldon Wiens
  • July 14, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added to Cottonwood River (Kansas) category
  • March 16, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates
  • March 8, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link
  • February 4, 2008: New photo from Robert Elder
  • June 10, 2007: Posted photos from Richard With

Sources 

  • Richard With - withrg [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Sheldon Wiens
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Soden Grove Bridge
Posted November 4, 2010, by Sheldon Wiens (sheldon_wiens77 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I thought so. So this bridge was built in 1923 and carried K-99 until 1986. So this bridge carried K-99 for 63 years. Wow! That was a long time.

Soden Grove Bridge
Posted November 1, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yes, this bridge is on the old alignment of K-99.

Soden Grove Bridge
Posted October 29, 2010, by Sheldon Wiens (sheldon_wiens77 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Didn't this bridge used to carry K-99 before the new bridge was built in 1987?