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BNSF - Kansas River Bridge (Topeka)

Shawnee County, Kansas

Photos 

Photo taken by Dylan Edwards

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #242855

Map 

Street View 

Description 

From North to South:

Span #1 - 6 Panel Warren Through Truss (Built 1968)
Span #2/#3 - 7 Panel Pratt Through Trusses (Built 1909)
Span #4 - 6 Panel Pratt Through Truss, Built Ca. 1902 and relocated here 1952
Span #5 - 6 Panel Baltimore Through Truss (Built 1952)
Span #6 - 7 Panel Pratt Through Truss (Built 1909)
Through Plate Girder Span (Built 1909)
I-Beam Span (Built 1968)

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Kansas River on the BNSF Railway in Topeka
Location
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909, 2 Spans Replaced 1952, Lengthened 1968
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
From North to South
1 six panel Warren through truss
2 seven panel Pratt through truses
1 six panel Pratt through truss
1 six panel Baltimore through truss
1 seven panel Pratt through truss
1 plate through girder approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 999.7 ft.
Also called
ATSF Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.06205, -95.66066   (decimal degrees)
39°03'43" N, 95°39'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/269793/4327032 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Topeka
Inventory number
BH 18537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2001)
3,501

Categories 

6-panel truss (550)
7-panel truss (344)
American Bridge Co. (1,159)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (256)
BNSF Railway (1,083)
Baltimore through truss (273)
Baltimore truss (301)
Built 1909 (641)
Built during 1900s (6,282)
Have street view (22,087)
Kansas (2,705)
Kansas River (31)
Lattice Railing (182)
Open (36,583)
Owned by railroad (9,824)
 Pin-connected (3,222)
Pratt through truss (4,595)
Pratt truss (8,008)
Railroad (13,091)
Relocated (638)
Riveted (1,875)
Shawnee County, Kansas (65)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,773)
Through truss (12,892)
Topeka, Kansas (11)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,540)
Truss (29,442)
Warren through truss (1,447)
Warren through truss with all verticals (333)
Warren truss (5,790)

Update Log 

  • September 6, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • September 5, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • December 4, 2015: Updated by Robert Elder: Added category "Lattice Railing"
  • January 18, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
  • February 12, 2013: Updated by Chris Knight: Added category "Collapsed"
  • November 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "Railroad", "Union Pacific Railroad"
  • April 30, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Design description, Number of main spans (6), Span configuration, and Categories.
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Added Street View link

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