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ATSF - Bonner Springs Bridge

Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Johnson County, Kansas

Map 

Description 

The Bonner Springs to Leavenworth branch of the Santa Fe appears on the 1894 topo and ceased operation in the early '80s.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Kansas River on ATSF RR
Location
Bonner Springs, Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Johnson County, Kansas
Status
Removed but not replaced
Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 164.0 ft.
Total length: 1,618.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.04977, -94.88395   (decimal degrees)
39°02'59" N, 94°53'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/336973/4323988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bonner Springs
Land survey
T. 11 S., R. 23 E., Sec. 32
Elevation
781 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 56370 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (478)
Beam (17,107)
Bonner Springs, Kansas (5)
Built 1914 (867)
Built during 1910s (10,075)
Johnson County, Kansas (49)
Kansas (3,276)
Lost (29,975)
Owned by railroad (13,727)
 Railroad (16,665)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,495)
Through truss (17,848)
Timber stringer (4,390)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,023)
Truss (36,745)
Warren through truss (1,725)
Warren truss (7,089)
Wyandotte County, Kansas (52)

Update Log 

  • June 26, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Updated information from ATSF Bridge Records
  • May 27, 2013: Added by Clark Vance

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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ATSF - Bonner Springs Bridge
Posted July 23, 2015, by Danny Parker (barnamus1966 [at] aol [dot] com)

I was recently searching on the web and found a site Called Historic Aerials . com, and done a screen grab of the ATSF bridge at Bonner Springs. and thought I would share.