I see it now! It has been sitting there for a few months.
Google Earth shows the bridge sitting near the new bridge.
Interestingly, the top chords on this bridge have a bunch of unused rivet holes. Perhaps there was some recycling/modifications going on during the construction or rehabilitation of this bridge.
This bridge might not be as lost as we think...
A photograph of a bridge in the area (Pratt-Warren Hybrid identical to this one) has appeared in a Facebook group (sorry, closed group, can't share). The photograph appears to be depicting this bridge sitting on dry land. I don't know the exact location for the dry land bridge other than that it is supposed to be in Menoken Township.
This is/was/still is an unusual bridge despite the fact that it was built ca. 1930 when truss bridges were largely standardized. It is worth of preservation if it does in fact still exist somewhere.
I visited the site today. The old bridge is gone and the new concrete bridge is well along into being built.
This is/was an interesting bridge - it was an uncommon hybrid between a Pratt and Warren. It was documented by KSHS ca. 2016, likely due to its impending demise.
This bridge will likely be replaced in the next year. From the Topeka Capital-Journal: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-10-13/shawnee-county-consider-...
"A 2014 report listed the bridge as fracture critical, structurally deficient and obsolete, according to a memo Thomas Flanagan, deputy director of public works, sent the commission. About 80 percent, or $672,000, of the $876,452 cost to replace the bridge will be funded through a Kansas Department of Transportation grant. The remaining $212,662 will be paid through the 2004 countywide half-cent sales tax, and about 5 percent will come from Jackson County because the road runs along the county line."
The places with the extra holes seem to have bolts and some welding. It looks like this truss was rebuilt and got a "C" channel welded along the end posts and top chord.