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Dry Creek-J Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Dry Creek, 6.0 mi. north of Scandia
- Location
- Republic County, Kansas
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built ca. 1910
- Design
- Bedstead Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 29.8 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.88569, -97.78521 (decimal degrees)
39°53'09" N, 97°47'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/603868/4415776 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Republic
- Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 10
- Inventory numbers
- KS 000790771903160 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18423 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of September 2008)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.5 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- July 5, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- February 17, 2011: Updated by Robert Elder: Incorporated new NBI data.
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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Another great discovery - even in its rough condition. Thanks to Nick for doing the legwork again.
It appears that there are still a few of these ponies left in Republic County.