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ATSF - Bonner Springs Bridge
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
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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)
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
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.