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Branch Black Vermillion Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over a branch of Black Vermillion River, 8.0 mi. south and 5.5 mi. west of Frankfort
- Location
- Marshall County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1910
- Design
- Half-hip Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 26.9 ft.
Total length: 29.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.58790, -96.51851 (decimal degrees)
39°35'16" N, 96°31'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/713100/4384961 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Blue Rapids SE
- Land survey
- T. 5 S., R. 8 E., Sec. 27
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 10
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000580907103565 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18035 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 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: 29 (out of 100)
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Sources
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
Comments
Branch Black Vermillion Bridge
This is a tiny pony truss. I have not done a field visit, but it may well be older than the Kansas default date of 1910. A newer bridge of this small size would have likely been a simple beam structure.
Marshall County still has some bridges that would be worth visiting if someone is in the area. I doubt that I will be there soon.
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Ha....this one IS tiny, 30" tall - very cool, often say what a beautiful spot a bridge is located in, but this one is unbelievable - remote, in the gorgeous Flint Hills, amazing.