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Minisa Bridge

Sedgwick County, Kansas

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Minisa Bridge

1944 view

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #495743

Map 

Street Views 

Description 

Slab bridge which featured decorative Carthalite elements which were transferred to the new bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Concrete Stringer bridge over Little Arkansas River on 13th Street
Location
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1932
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 41.0 ft.
Total length: 252.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Also called
13th Street Bridge
Little Arkansas River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.70795, -97.34609   (decimal degrees)
37°42'29" N, 97°20'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/645787/4174699 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wichita East
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
17,000
Inventory number
BH 48849 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Beam (16,871)
Built during 1930s (12,164)
Concrete stringer (865)
Functionally obsolete (5,829)
Have street view (28,880)
Kansas (3,269)
Lost (28,382)
 Lost during 2000s (4,403)
Replaced by new bridge (19,300)
Sedgwick County, Kansas (22)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,216)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,505)
Wichita, Kansas (13)

Update Log 

  • April 18, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 6, 2011: Updated by Robert Elder: Incorporated NBI Data.
  • June 4, 2011: New Street View added by Clark Vance
  • June 4, 2011: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Minisa Bridge
Posted January 18, 2020, by Valerie Ellington (vlewic [at] gmail [dot] com)

Minisa Bridge on 13th over the Little Arkansas River is still the original bridge. It was closed for one to two

years for extensive renovation.

Minisa Bridge
Posted January 18, 2020, by Valerie Ellington (vlewic [at] gmail [dot] com)

Minisa Bridge on 13th over the Little Arkansas River is still the original bridge. It was closed for one to two

years for extensive renovation.

Minisa Bridge
Posted June 4, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Very nice to see them preserve the historic parts of the bridge.

Minisa Bridge
Posted June 4, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is a YouTube link to a news article about the bridge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt7V4iyQBGk

Minisa Bridge
Posted June 4, 2011, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Structurally, this bridge was just a slab. It featured unique Carthalite decorations however. These decorations were placed on the new bridge. They depict Native Americans and Bison.

Carthalite is a decorative element which is produced by mixing concrete and colored glass. It is almost exclusive to the City of Wichita.