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BNSF - Kansas River Bridge (Topeka)
Photos
Photo taken by Dylan Edwards
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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BH Photo #242855
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
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
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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)
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