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Overview
Rainbow arch bridge over Big Soldier Creek on 70th Street near Grove
Location
Shawnee County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1922
Design
Concrete pony arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.17315, -95.86686   (decimal degrees)
39°10'23" N, 95°52'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number
BH 18520 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 1999)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 33.00 (out of 100)

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Arch (7,542)
Built 1922 (322)
Built during 1920s (4,005)
Concrete pony arch (21)
Kansas (1,443)
Open (21,539)
Owned by county (14,113)
Rainbow arch (135)
Shawnee County, Kansas (43)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,247)
Structurally deficient (10,771)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,412)

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Big Soldier Creek Bridge
Posted April 29, 2007, by Robert L. Elder (Bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu)

These photos were taken in late May of 2005. A similar bridge on Hoch Road over Soldier Creek a few miles to the southeast was demolished a few years ago.

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