Rating:
3 votes
Randolph Bridge
Photos
Foggy morning at Tuttle Creek Lake, longest bridge in state of Kansas
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in August 2018
BH Photo #433265
Facts
- Overview
- Stringer bridge over Big Blue River/Tuttle Creek Reservoir on K-16
- Location
- Riley County, Kansas, and Pottawatomie County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1962
- Design
- Stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 184.1 ft.
Total length: 5,350.0 ft. (1.0 mi.)
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.43292, -96.72384 (decimal degrees)
39°25'59" N, 96°43'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/695899/4367291 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Olsburg
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 630
- Inventory numbers
- KDOT 0081-B0017 (Kansas Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 43919 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 12, 2021: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- February 3, 2020: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- August 18, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- April 15, 2010: New Street View added by Robert Elder
- January 20, 2010: Added by Robert Elder
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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I would generally not add a bridge with a construction date of 1962 to this website. This bridge is noteworthy because of its length of over a mile long and its association with the construction of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, a project which is still a subject of controversy.