Vermillion Creek Bridge

Photo

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler

BH Photo #413604

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Vermillion Creek on a local road, 2.0 mi. north and 1.0 mi. east of Havensville
Location: Pottawatomie County, Kansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1910
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 94.2 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.54709, -96.05449 (decimal degrees)
39°32'50" N, 96°03'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/753102/4381634 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Havensville
Land survey: T. 6 S., R. 12 E., Sec. 10
Average daily traffic (as of 2013): 10
Inventory numbers: KS 000750957003623 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 41149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25.1 (out of 100)
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December 15, 2017: New photo from Nick Schmiedeler
April 24, 2017: Updated by Kevin Skow: Fixed location. Based on satellite imagery, it appears to still exist and it open

Vermillion Creek Bridge

Posted December 15, 2017, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

I think the pin was too far south. I moved it to a likely spot.

Vermillion Creek Bridge

Posted December 15, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler (nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com)

hmmmm...this is what is located at that droppef pin - concrete slab on possibly older stone abutments