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351st Road Bridge

Miami County, Kansas
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Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in October 2008

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Overview
Abandoned Pratt through truss bridge over Marais Des Cygnes River on 351st Road
Location
Miami County, Kansas
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1912
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Three span, pin-connected Pratt through truss.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 355.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.49070, -94.82958   (decimal degrees)
38°29'27" N, 94°49'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/340438/4261847 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fontana
Inventory numbers
KS 000611089905080 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/1990)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1979)
15

Categories 

Abandoned (1,371)
Built 1912 (524)
Built during 1910s (6,730)
Kansas (2,280)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (106)
Marais des Cygnes River (28)
Miami County, Kansas (67)
Owned by county (16,488)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Sufficiency rating zero (308)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2012: Updated by Robert Elder: Corrected a couple typos.
  • January 20, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Adjusted GPS Coordinates.
  • January 18, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Builders
  • December 3, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Added GPS Coordinates.
  • November 27, 2008: New photos from Ruth Reynolds
  • November 17, 2008: Updated by Ruth Reynolds
  • November 12, 2008: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • November 9, 2008: New photos from Ruth Reynolds
  • October 7, 2008: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
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351st Road Bridge
Posted December 3, 2009, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

I bet there was a lot of pesky mosquitoes around when the warm weather shots were taken. I got ate up when I took a hidden abandoned truss a few years back.

351st Road Bridge
Posted June 15, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This is the same bridge as the Marais des Cygnes River Bridge BH 41061.