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Overview: Bowstring pony truss bridge
Location: Miami County, Kansas
Status: Unknown
History: Probably built by the Buckeye Bridge Works in 1870
Design: Bowstring pony truss.
Also called: Miami County Bowstring Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.48027, -94.83163 (decimal degrees)
38°28'49" N, 94°49'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/340235/4260693 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 44858 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 28, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited History. This bridge was likely built by the Buckeye Bridge Works.
April 13, 2010: Added by Robert Elder

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Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com

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Miami County Bridge T530

Posted April 13, 2010, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Source:

KSHS page with photograph.

http://khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?tab=details&in=121-0000-00201&startrow=61&sort=historic_name&revision=1

This is pure speculation, but this may be one of the missing spans from the Wea Creek Bowstring Bridge now on display on the grounds of the KSHS in Topeka. If so, it would be a Buckeye Bridge Works span.

The status of the bridge is unknown.