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Wamego Bridge (OLD)

Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Photo 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in February 2021

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BH Photo #490596

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Kansas River on K-99
Location
Pottawatomie County, Kansas, and Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1872; Replaced 1927
Builder
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
Design
Bowstring Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.19794, -96.30539   (decimal degrees)
39°11'53" N, 96°18'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/732696/4342202 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wamego
Inventory number
BH 79980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,571)
Bowstring through truss (277)
Bowstring truss (543)
Built 1872 (106)
Built during 1870s (1,111)
Kansas (3,192)
Kansas River (34)
King Bridge Co. (360)
King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. (29)
Lost (24,762)
 Lost 1927 (62)
Lost during 1920s (478)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Pottawatomie County, Kansas (35)
Replaced by new bridge (16,598)
Through truss (15,082)
Truss (32,809)
Wabaunsee County, Kansas (41)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • February 19, 2021: New photo from Nick Schmiedeler

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