Big Sandy Creek Bridge

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Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Big Sandy Creek
Location: Woodson County, Kansas
Status: Removed but not replaced
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 77.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.78000, -95.83333 (decimal degrees)
37°46'48" N, 95°49'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/250474/4185187 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Toronto SE
Average daily traffic (as of 2001): 10
Inventory numbers: KS 001040983006048 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 18682 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2008): Sufficiency rating: 19.4 (out of 100)
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Posted January 11, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Given the 5 panels, likely at 15ft each... The length matches up.

Big Sandy Creek Bridge

Posted January 11, 2021, by Luke

Probably a local, considering the loss and appearance at the reservoir line up...

Big Sandy Creek Bridge

Posted January 11, 2021, by Nick Schmiedeler (nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com)

Why think this is the same bridge?

Big Sandy Creek Bridge

Posted January 5, 2021, by Gus Rodda (Ger7177 [at] gmail [dot] com)

It was moved to the north end of Yates Center lake

Big Sandy Creek Bridge

Posted January 5, 2021, by Gus Rodda (Ger7177 [at] gmail [dot] com)

It was moved to the north end of Yates Center lake

Big Sandy Creek Bridge

Posted January 22, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Based on satellite imagery, I am about 99% sure this one is lost.