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Chikaskia River Overflow Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler
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BH Photo #423206
Description
This bridge appears to be a tee beam with fence guardrails. I have not been able to find it in the NBI. A 2 span Warren pony truss is located immediately east of this bridge.
This bridge might be owned privately now.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned concrete tee beam bridge over Chikaskia River Overflow on W. 10th Avenue (abandoned)
- Location
- Sumner County, Kansas
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- Design
- Tee beam
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.27064, -97.79793 (decimal degrees)
37°16'14" N, 97°47'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/606577/4125573 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Argonia
- Inventory number
- BH 77817 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 13, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- July 3, 2017: Added by Robert Elder
Sources
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
This one rather remote, and somewhat spooky. Walking down the old right-of-way from the east you first come to a large gap between mounds on the road where an old bridge obviously once stood, next not far west is a sold 2 span pony, next further west is this bridge, maybe 80-100 yards long with a giant sea of fine sand beneath it on both sides, bobcat, deer, and other animal tracks visible in the sand, bridge a little bit in shambles but mostly solid - fascinating old road, would love more background on it