Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel concrete arch bridge over Big Bull Creek on Old K.C. Road in Paola.
- Location
- Paola, Miami County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1936
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 129.9 ft.
Total length: 494.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.56218, -94.88414 (decimal degrees)
38°33'44" N, 94°53'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/335841/4269875 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Paola West
- Inventory number
- BH 18105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 30.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 5,061
Update Log
- November 16, 2008: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bidge location updated.
- February 27, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated "Overview" and "Design"
Comments
Big Bull Creek Bridge
I am relatively confident that these photos are of the same bridge as #610587 but I am not completely certain.
The bridge in this picture is located on Old KC Road (Old US 169) near the southern city limits of Paola, Kansas. This would be about 4 miles south and 11.1 miles west of Louisburg. The photographed bridge is a five span open-spandrel concrete bridge which crosses Bull Creek as well as a railroad line. Because this bridge is surrounded by overgrowth it is almost impossible to photograph or view from any direction. These photos were taken in November of 2004. If anybody knows if this bridge is or is not #610587 that would be great.