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Ten Mile Creek Bridge

Miami County, Kansas

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Description 

1996 NBI describes a bridge over Ten Mile Creek 0.4 miles east of Spring Hill. Ten Mile Creek is much farther from Spring Hill. The bridge that distance from town is over Sweetwater Creek. It was replaced prior to 2000.

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Ten Mile Creek on a local road
Location
Spring Hill, Miami County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1915
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 38.1 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Also called
Sweetwater Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.73841, -94.80865   (decimal degrees)
38°44'18" N, 94°48'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/342805/4289300 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spring Hill
Land survey
T. 15 S., R. 23 E., Sec. 13
Inventory numbers
KS 000611091304740 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 41062 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/1990)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1979)
45

Categories 

Built 1915 (1,130)
Built during 1910s (8,759)
Kansas (2,702)
Lost (18,690)
Miami County, Kansas (80)
Pony truss (15,052)
 Replaced by new bridge (12,386)
Span length 25-50 feet (13,581)
Spring Hill, Kansas (1)
Structurally deficient (18,433)
Total length 25-50 feet (9,860)
Truss (29,448)

Update Log 

  • August 11, 2016: Updated by Clark Vance: Noted replacement

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Ten Mile Creek Bridge
Posted August 11, 2016, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Ten Mile Creek doesn't come within a couple of miles of Spring Hill. The bridge 0.4 miles East of Spring Hill is over Sweetwater creek and has been replaced.