Lairds Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Lairds Creek, 2.7 mi. east of Parkerville
- Location
- Morris County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1910
- Design
- Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 79.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.76884, -96.61014 (decimal degrees)
38°46'08" N, 96°36'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/707626/4293837 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- White City
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 60
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000640899204700 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18202 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.9 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- January 27, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- March 16, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
Sources
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
Comments
Awesome! Local support for bridges is paramount. So many preservation success stories begin with grassroots efforts.
A friend just sent me this photo, the locals really like to decorate that thing up all different kinds of ways throughout the year, very cool
Wish all of our historic spans got this kind of Love!
You should see her when the neighbors deck her out for the holidays.........she is beautiful!!
What a great find! I would say that the Kansas Default Date of ca. 1910 is probably not far off in this instance.
I have found throughout my travels that locals often take great pride in their bridges.
This is the most welcoming Old Bridge I have ever run into in the state of Kansas. As you approach you see a Stars and Stripes painted freight pallet that says "Laird's Creek Bridge". Atop both sides are fitted solar lights into a wood plank that fit into the iron perfectly, and toward one end of the bridge is a marker board that welcomes notes to be written which we did. An obviously beloved local bridge that beckons others to enjoy also. A very nice surprise.
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Holiday 2017-18 photos added on visit 1/26/18