Coffeyville Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Three-span Marsh arch bridge over Verdigris River
- Location
- Montgomery County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic, possibly eligible for the NRHP.
- History
- Built 1926; made obsolete by new bridge and alignment in 1948
- Builders
- - Fifield Construction Co.
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Design
- Marsh arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 131.9 ft.
Total length: 317.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.03333, -95.57974 (decimal degrees)
37°01'60" N, 95°34'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/270543/4101682 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Coffeyville East
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000000000630680 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18175 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 42.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 645
Update Log
- April 23, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Status Description
- March 31, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Builders
- January 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Made slight adjustment to GPS Coordinates.
- December 8, 2009: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Marsh arch to Categories
- July 9, 2009: New photos from Nathan Morton
- July 8, 2008: Updated by Robert Elder: Updated Categories
- October 23, 2006: Posted photos from Robert L Elder
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
The new Wal-Mart is now open, and is located roughly 1/2 mile directly North of this Marsh arch bridge. Additionally, the intersection of 166 and 169 has been rebuilt immediately North of the Wal-Mart, which actually sits very close to the new four-lane bridge over the Verdigris River. Thus, most of the traffic between Coffeyville and the store, is likely using the new bridge, not this old one.
Although a small county road connects the Wal-Mart with the old Marsh arch bridge, I doubt that the store has caused a major increase in traffic over the old bridge. Of course, a survey would have to confirm this.
According to the NBI, this bridge may be eligible for the NRHP. I will update the page to reflect this.
Concerning the Super Wal-Mart that is scheduled to be built near this bridge, it has been reported that many citizens of Coffeyville would like to see it built in a different location which would be more convenient and less prone to flooding. In June of 2007, the area around this bridge experienced a major flood, raising doubts that this location would be an ideal place for a new Wal-Mart.
http://coffeyvilleinfo.com/documents/Wal-MartRequest08-10-14.doc.
Yes, the bridge is on east 8th street, east of Walter Johnson Park. I suspect that this bridge would easily qualify for the National Register of Historic Places and it would probably be a worthwhile venture for somebody to attempt to do so.
Is this the bridge on East 8th? Is there a possibility it will be torn down when the new WalMart is built? I would hate to see that happen.
My grandfather was an engineer on this bridge, and his name is on the plaque that is on the corner. :)
Clifford O. Nielson
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