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SKOL - Big Hill Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Big Hill Creek on South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad.
- Location
- Montgomery County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Built 1899, Relocated Here 1925
- Railroads
- - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
- Design
- 6 panel, pin-connected Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.08758, -95.60150 (decimal degrees)
37°05'15" N, 95°36'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/268772/4107754 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Coffeyville East
- Land survey
- T. 34 S., R. 17 E., Sec. 18
- Inventory number
- BH 77865 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 4, 2017: Updated by John Marvig: Added Information from ATSF Bridge Book
- October 31, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- July 30, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- July 11, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway"
- July 11, 2017: New Street View added by Robert Elder
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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There is only one 149' Through Truss on the ATSF system in 1916 that was replaced prior to 1925, indicating that this truss likely came from that location. Original location is believed to be near Suwanee, NM.