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BNSF - US 75 (Topeka Boulevard) Overpass
Photo
odd thing indeed
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in April 2021
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BH Photo #496071
Description
Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge with Art Deco substructure over US 75 on Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
- Location
- Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1944
- Railroads
- - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Design
- Steel stringer with Art Deco substructure
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.98754, -95.68767 (decimal degrees)
38°59'15" N, 95°41'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/267211/4318830 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wakarusa
- Land survey
- T. 12 S., R. 16 E., Sec. 19
- Inventory number
- BH 45422 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 21, 2021: New photo from Nick Schmiedeler
- January 4, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
- July 8, 2019: Updated by Clark Vance: Date from plaque
- June 2, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Overview and Design description
- May 31, 2010: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Categories
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
orthotropic deck? odd indeed