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Ninnescah River Bridge

Sedgwick County, Kansas

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Niccescah River bridge

Replacement for the old bridge.

Photo taken by Mike LeMasters in July 2010

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BH Photo #171417

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Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Ninnescah River, 1.8 mi. west of Clearwater
Location
Sedgwick County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Lost 2000
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 141.0 ft.
Total length: 721.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.50500, -97.53833   (decimal degrees)
37°30'18" N, 97°32'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/629191/4151899 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clearwater
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
675
Inventory numbers
KS 000000000871280 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18519 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 99.6 (out of 100)
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Have street view (25,414)
Kansas (3,052)
Lost (22,269)
Lost 2000 (384)
Lost during 2000s (4,030)
Owned by county (20,054)
Pony truss (15,697)
 Replaced by new bridge (14,857)
Sedgwick County, Kansas (18)
Skewed (4,816)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,998)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,660)
Truss (31,236)

Update Log 

  • July 6, 2011: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • August 1, 2010: New photo from Mike LeMasters

Sources 

  • Mike LeMasters
  • Sheldon Wiens
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Ninnescah River Bridge
Posted June 1, 2008, by mk (spam [dot] me [dot] not99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The original truss bridge was demolished and replaced with a wide, sturdy concrete structure. I remember the original bridge very well; it was two lane, but in all actuality it was better/safer to consider it a one lane bridge. Had a few very close calls driving across it! Also, the flooding in 1985 did extensive damage to the understructure. I'd never seen water flow over the bridge before, but it did then- and large trees were snagged up in it. What a mess (one of the guys I went to school with actually climbed over the side and walked on them, trying to kick 'em loose! what a genius haha) It was a rickety affair; the whole thing would shake like mad. I spent a lot of time fishing out there, and it was dangerous to be under it- cars passing overhead would cause hunks of concrete to fall!