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Flint Hills Nature Trail - Little John Creek Bridge

Morris County, Kansas

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Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in January 2018

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BH Photo #416970

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Little John Creek on Flint Hills Nature Trail (former MoPac railroad)
Location
Morris County, Kansas
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1930
Builder
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Railroad
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Also called
MoPac - Little John Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.62913, -96.43516   (decimal degrees)
38°37'45" N, 96°26'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/723264/4278743 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Council Grove
Inventory number
BH 65938 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1930 (1,752)
Built during 1930s (11,779)
Deck girder (5,792)
Flint Hills Nature Trail (13)
Girder (10,316)
Kansas (3,199)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (382)
 Morris County, Kansas (66)
Open to pedestrians (4,256)
Plate girder (7,999)
Rail-to-trail (1,566)
Railroad (15,619)
Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. (92)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • February 9, 2015: Updated by Max : Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Missouri Pacific Railroad", "Flint Hills Nature Trail"

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Flint Hills Nature Trail - Little John Creek Bridge
Posted January 27, 2018, by Nick Schmiedeler (nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com)

Very similar design all of these Council Grove-area Flint Hills rail-to-trail bridges, all except for possibly Neosho R.B. in downtown were built 1930 according to all existing plaques on these bridges, and all except this one built by American Bridge Co. out of New York...this one is a Stupp Bros. product out of St. Louis. Beautiful area, would be a neat looooong hike to see all of these.