Big Hill Creek 3600 Rd. Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in July 2017

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BH Photo #398807

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Pony truss bridge over Big Hill Creek on a local road, 1.0 mi. north and 0.5 mi. east of Liberty

Location

Montgomery County, Kansas

Status

Derelict/abandoned

History

Built ca. 1910

Design

Pinned Bedstead Pratt pony truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 50.9 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.16598, -95.58575   (decimal degrees)
37°09'58" N, 95°35'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/270409/4116415 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Liberty

Inventory numbers

KS 000631009606900 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 41073 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 15, 2018: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Laced endposts"
• April 14, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
• November 4, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• July 30, 2017: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
• July 30, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
• February 29, 2016: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated status - bridge still exists. Moved pin.

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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