Bryan Ford Bridge

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Description

According to http://kshs.org/p/nature-trail-wea-creek-bridge/11888 this crossing received one of the three spans of the 1870 Bull Creek Bridge in Osawatomie in 1903. It has since been removed and probably destroyed. Probably replaced 1935.

Facts

Overview: Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Middle Creek on Plum Creek Road
Location: Miami County, Kansas
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Fabricated 1870 as part of a three span bowstring over Bull Creek at Osawatomie, single span relocated here 1903
Design: Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.39527, -94.95503 (decimal degrees)
38°23'43" N, 94°57'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/329271/4251481 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Osawatomie
Land survey: T. 19 S., R. 22 E., Sec. 15
Elevation: 922 ft. above sea level
Inventory number: BH 78165 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 15, 2017: Added by Clark Vance

Related Bridges

Bull Creek Bridge (Parts reused from)

Sources

Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com