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Creamery Bridge

Miami County, Kansas
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Overview

Photos submitted by Phil & Shayna Grieshaber

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Three-span Marsh arch bridge over Marais Des Cygnes River on 8th Street at Osawatomie
Location
Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930
Design
Marsh arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 315.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 25.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983
Also called
8th Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.50291, -94.95522   (decimal degrees)
38°30'10" N, 94°57'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/329508/4263427 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Paola West
Inventory numbers
NRHP 83000434 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
KS 000000000610290 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18120 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011)
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: 28.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
660

Categories 

Arch (9,438)
Built 1930 (1,241)
Built during 1930s (8,574)
Kansas (2,289)
Marais des Cygnes River (28)
Marsh arch (48)
Miami County, Kansas (67)
NR-listed (2,354)
 Open (28,454)
Osawatomie, Kansas (6)
Owned by county (16,526)
Rainbow arch (194)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,381)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2011: New photo from Robert Elder
  • June 16, 2011: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Alternate name.
  • October 14, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Fixed typo in Overview
  • July 8, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated categories
  • March 2, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder
  • February 18, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder
  • October 2, 2006: Posted photos from Phil & Shayna Grieshaber

Sources 

  • Phil & Shayna Grieshaber
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Creamery Bridge
Posted February 7, 2013, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is scheduled for repair. I have heard some news about this, but now we have a detailed article.

http://www.graphic-online.com/news/local_news/article_8fc78f23-73b1-5086-bfad-5764b1263fe0.html

Reading the comments from Mr. McMahon, from the county commission, it is clear that there is a strong commitment to HB preservation in this area.

H/T: Nathan Holth http://www.historicbridges.org/

Creamery Bridge
Posted August 15, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

James et. al.

I noticed that there is already a category for the Osage River in Missouri. As locals know, this is the same river as the Marais des Cygnes.

I have created a category for bridges over the Marais des Cygnes River upstream from its confluence with the Little Osage where the name change takes place.

Both categories now have an explanation and a link to the other category.

Creamery Bridge
Posted February 13, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

James, et. al:

Given the large number of historic bridges over the Marais des Cygnes River in Kansas, it would seem appropriate for me to create a category for this river. But, this situation is a bit complicated.

1. This river is known as the Osage River in Missouri.

2. The name change does not take effect at the state line, but rather at the confluence between this river and the Little Osage River.

So, should we combine bridges over the Marais des Cygnes (both in Kansas and Missouri) with the Osage River bridges, or should we make another category called "Marais des Cygnes River for bridges over this river in both Kansas and Missouri?